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SPEARFISH — Spearfish has a new drug detection dog - Davos.

PIERRE — The conservation of grasslands is imperative to prairie grouse survival and a recent plan from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks focuses specifically on preserving that habitat, Senior Big Game Biologist Alex Solem told the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission.

STURGIS — With a staff of just three people, the Sturgis Rally and Events Department keeps busy with organizing events throughout the year and making sure the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally goes off without a hitch.

SPEARFISH — Spearfish resident Perry Jewett’s life changed when he recently completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational in Alaska.

Pictured are the Spearfish Middle School eighth graders who participated in the Spartan Football Commitment Intent Signing Day Monday, in the high school gym. Front row left: McAmis Conklin, Jackson Peters, Graham Hughes, Brock Lewis, and Eli Counts. Back row left: Karsen Seyer, Thomas Hughe…

SPEARFISH — The 19th annual Black Hills Nationals wrestling tournament is set for Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18. All matches will be held at the Donald E. Young Center on the Black Hills State University campus.

Zachary Jacob Burk was born to Randy and Ann Burk on November …

Opinion

OPINION — The future of education is dependent upon the preparation and training of new teac…

OPINION — One of my favorite parts of the holiday season are all the Christmas songs that we…

OPINION — South Dakota is not accommodating to the weak of heart nor those opposed to occasi…

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Imagine walking into your living room and the sofa has moved plus the bookcase is leaning on a different wall. That's what listening to U2's new album is like. “Songs of Surrender” is a “reimagining” of 40 songs from the Irish quartet’s deep catalogue, cleverly presented from “One” to “40.” …

Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art. Leon was a color chemist and is now understood to have been critical in the emergence of Claude’s commercial succ…

Tourists in Rome checking out the Pantheon, Italy’s most-visited cultural site, will soon be charged a 5-euro ($5.28) entrance fee under an agreement between Italian culture and church officials. The country's Culture Minister said Thursday that the move was a matter of “good sense.” The int…