Paying our respects to our favorite Phillips Ave First Friday spot. Here's to hoping they find a new home in walking distance.

Learn about the emissions Summit’s proposed CO2 pipeline plans to capture, and those it doesn’t. Plus, the industry’s push for “net-negative” emissions. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/08/car…

“This is both a giant pipeline project and a drop in the bucket,” southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/08/car…

"... urine drug screens are easily misinterpreted and often wrong, with false positive rates as high as 50%, according to some studies." argusleader.com/story/news/nat… via argusleader

if you want to hear how important james earl jones’s voice was to making this movie work, here’s what darth vader actually sounded like on the set lol

State regulators are accepting public comments on a new set of draft pollution reduction targets for a 10-mile segment of the Big Sioux River in Brookings County. The problem is sediment that washes into the river. ~73% of that soil comes from farms. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/09/new…

State environmental regulators are accepting public comments on draft pollution reduction targets for a 10-mile segment of the #BigSiouxRiver. The segment is polluted by solids including soil from farms, to the point that fish are affected. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/09/new…

“This Facebook page was created before she was ever elected to office at all ... She is the sole administrator. There are no state employees involved." northdakotamonitor.com/2024/09/09/sta… via North Dakota Monitor

Notably, we haven't heard much about Trump's marijuana support from historically anti-weed South Dakota GOP heavyweights like Kristi Noem or Marty Jackley. Like Trump and his fellow Floridians, South Dakotans will get to cast ballots on legal weed in November

And I thought she was making donuts...🤦‍♀️🎶😜 #vinylrecords

After the death of 13-year-old Xavier White Whirl Wind on Labor Day community members are calling for an end to gun violence

Our junior senator had an operation that makes Rapid City off-limits. Good thing he's not running in November...

Anyone in Sioux Falls on Thursday night will have the chance to see some art produced by detainees at the county's juvenile detention center. Learn more about one nonprofit's quest to care for "the whole person" by teaching art to youth in confinement. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/10/chi…

“Instead of saying ‘I blew it, that’s the end of it,’ we can say ‘I blew it. How can I make it better?’” A program supported by a nonprofit teaches children at the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center about "fixing our mistakes" in art and life. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/10/chi…

FEMA has approved 283 applications totaling $3.5 million in assistance for Union County residents, which includes the McCook Lake area devastated by a record flood on June 23. southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/10/fem…

The #NCAA unfairly favors large universities and disfavors female competitors with a proposed settlement that would regulate payments for student-athletes, according to a lawsuit from South Dakota's Board of Regents. #NIL southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/10/sou…

“At his wake, I learned from people that he would play his guitar and he would sing,” she said. “It would just bring them hope on their journey, and just bring them a level of peace. And I wanted that. I wanted that for people.” southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/09/10/chi…

Miles is a madman. If you haven't watched the matches, you really should. Some of his saves were just unreal.

South Dakota Board of Regents sues NCAA over proposed athlete pay settlement buff.ly/3XDwzI3 via John Hult South Dakota Searchlight

“I don’t want to have any regrets 10 years from now, 20 years from now,” she said. “I don’t want to regret not doing all of these cool things running around in my brain, all these cool shows.” pigeon605.com/new-organizati…