SPEARFISH — Public access automated external defibrillator (AED) units have the technology to save the lives of many experiencing sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

Rita Loeffen, organizer for The Golden Gang Easter Egg Hunt in Lead, works to fill eggs ahead of the annual event that is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Manuel Brothers Park. This year there are 8,000 treat-filled eggs up for grabs — 3,400 eggs for the 0-4 age group, 3,000 eggs for the 5-…

BELLE FOURCHE — Belle Fourche City Council accepted bids for two projects to repair roofs on hail-damaged property.

RAPID CITY — Three members of the South Dakota National Guard’s 216th Fire Fighting Team were honored during a deployment ceremony at the Range Road Armory in Rapid City, on March 16 as the unit departs for a year-long federal deployment to Romania in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

PIERRE — Officials with the S.D. Department of Game, Fish, and Parks are looking at new ways to evaluate the effects of chronic wasting disease on the Black Hills elk population.

Each year, trains carry nearly 11 billion pounds of chemicals through South Dakota’s cities and countryside, much of it on century-old tracks, a South Dakota News Watch analysis has revealed.

LEAD — It’s no lie. The Digger’s spring play, Lack of Appreciation, is anything but, as a very special treat is in store for the Lead-Deadwood viewing audience — or, for that matter, anyone else who enjoys a good dinner theater murder mystery.

RAPID CITY — The South Dakota Army National Guard promoted Dana Limbo, of Sturgis, to the rank of colonel during a ceremony at the Joint Force Headquarters on Camp Rapid.

LEAD — A fundraising letter mailed to over 10,000 residents in Lead, Deadwood, and Spearfish has resulted in more than $60,000 in pledges for the Historic Homestake Opera House capital campaign.

BELLE FOURCHE — The Belle Fourche School Board came to a lawful decision Monday on roofing bids after tabling the agenda items at the March 13 meeting.

SPEARFISH — Comedian and musician Gary Mule Deer has, once again, gone where no Spearfish native has gone before. March 10 marked the official induction of Mule Deer as a lifetime member of the Grand Ole Opry. To commemorate this great achievement, the Pioneer asked Mule Deer 20 random quest…

EVANSVILLE, Indiana — Black Hills State University is returning to the Final Four of the NCAA Division II men’s basketball tournament.

(AP) — The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies with a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks.

LEAD — The city of Lead has a rich history as a cosmopolitan metropolis, and the Lead Historic Preservation Commission wants to make sure to tell as many stories of the past as possible.

PIERRE — Five Sturgis Brown High School students who barely knew each other in January, auditioned, and were select to be part of the Sturgis culinary team that competed in the South Dakota ProStart Invitational, held March 14 in Pierre.

SPEARFISH — The health care field is vast and expansive, providing jobs that many people don’t even know exist. At Scrubs Camp, high school students across South Dakota are able to take a look inside the health care field, and learn about the numerous careers available to them.

Pioneer staff reports

SPEARFISH — The 25th annual Black Hills Research Symposium hosted by Black Hills State University will take place Tuesday through Thursday and feature a keynote panel of Jerilyn Church, chief executive officer of the Great Plains Tribal Health Leaders’ Board, Ben Jasinski, software engineeri…

Pioneer staff reports

LEAD — Celebrating Lead’s growth and those who build successful community was the focus of the night during the annual Lead Area Chamber of Commerce banquet, Thursday.

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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Black Hills State University is ready for its second straight appearance at the NCAA Division II Elite Eight men’s basketball tournament.

NORTHERN HILLS — Belle Fourche and Lead will be the focus of television programming that highlights the most interesting and unique aspects of South Dakota’s small towns this spring.

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.

BOX ELDER — A Meade County man was arrested Monday after he shot a dog on his property.

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.

PIERRE — A new rule will give an option for state parks to open up for hunting in areas where it was not previously allowed.

PIERRE — New regulations for non-resident archery deer and antelope hunters are a step in the right direction, but members of the state Game, Fish, and Parks Commission want to explore other ways to take it even farther.

DEADWOOD — With a 300-degree view of the Hills, room #301 at The Lodge at Deadwood is unlike any other of the property’s guest rooms before it. 

LEAD — The first of three phases to connect the Mickelson Trail from the Walt Green trailhead to the Deadwood trailhead, while routing walkers and bikers through Lead, is one step closer to fruition.