Fairburn VFD worked on 12 acre fire on the Cheyenne River near its confluence with Lame Johnny Creek on the Custer County/Fall River county line this afternoon. Many other area fire Dept’s assisted as well. Fire is contained as of this evening.

Fairburn Brush 23 and crew of 4 ordered up by Great Plains Dispatch to the Green Acres wildfire 3 miles SW of Hot Springs, SD in Fall River County. Working to hold a 150 ac fire in timber and grass around structures. Dozers and aircraft on scene NFI. #sdwx

Imagine announcing a scheme to directly transfer taxpayer money to crypto holders (basically backing up the loot truck all the way to the Treasury) and still failing to pump crypto prices because in parallel to that you're also tanking the economy

This is an underappreciated aspect of officials launching memecoins (or owning publicly traded companies not operating any real business): they can be used as a direct vehicle for personal bribes. In olden times there were laws about conflicts of interest and bribery

When it comes to epitaphs this one is right up there.

DOGE's cuts to the USDA included a large amount of highly specialized workers checking plants and animals at ports. Logistics experts believe this will lead to a cascade of issues, from groceries spoiling to raised prices: wired.com/story/usda-foo…

Weather balloon launches have been suspended from the National Weather Service Offices in Rapid City, SD and Omaha, NE.

Visited NWS Omaha for a briefing on the suspension of weather balloon launches. Information from balloon launches in Nebraska is critical to developing forecasts locally and in other regions. I'm working on this issue, so that balloons are back in the air soon. #newx

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) living up to its motto: "Vis Per Mare," which means “Strength from the Sea” in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility…

Given the unstoppable rise of China's global economic influence (where bitcoin is entirely banned) and the unstoppable march of quantum computing progress (which will lead to eventually breaking elliptic curve cryptography and thus bitcoin), the very long-term value of BTC is 0

In December, FTC started enforcing a long-forgotten law that levels the playing field for the small retailers who serve rural and urban America. The FTC team just won a big victory in that case.

Jack Nicholson, born 88 years ago today🎂 They don't make movies like this anymore.

The single biggest obstacle to peace is Putin—the dictator who started this war in the first place.

It's time for Donald Trump to take the boot off Ukraine's neck and put the squeeze on Putin dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

“There used to be 11 equipment dealers, now there are two. There used to be 18 feed mills and grain elevators, now there are 3. There used to be eight vet clinics, now there are two. There used to be three sale barns, now there are none. There used to be regional stockyards in

Rapid Creek running bank full through downtown Rapid City at Founders Park yesterday.

“No Kings” Rally at Founders Park in Rapid City this afternoon.. the place was lit!

Call Senator Mike Rounds at 605-224-1450 and 202-224-5842 Call Leader John Thune at 605-334-9596 and 202-324-2321 and let them know how you feel about Senate Republicans selling your public lands in the American West

How about it Senator Mike Rounds and Leader John Thune ???

20 SDWF firefighters helped battle massive Canadian wildfires for 2 weeks in June. They were in remote area of Saskatchewan, flown daily by helicopter to build wilderness helipads,secure fire edges,put out hot spots & assist helicopter pilots with where to drop buckets of water.