As 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back at South Dakota Searchlight’s most-read news stories and commentary of the year, ...

The number of COVID-19 tests coming back positive increased over Christmas, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ). A map shows the regions across the ...

Bitter temperatures are forecast to hit swathes of the U.S. this weekend as a polar vortex—the area of cold air that circulates around the Arctic—expands, with the National Weather Service predicting ...

In 1972, a virtually unknown senator from South Dakota, George McGovern, finished second in Iowa. After going all in on the ...

Some 16 states had "very high" levels of the virus present in wastewater during the week of Christmas, an increase from the week before.

It’s easier to become a resident and reap the benefits in South Dakota than in perhaps any other state. Now the state is ...

In a January news release urging ice fishers to clean up after themselves, the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks (GFP) also revealed the presence of the ...

I grew up in South Minneapolis in a place called Little Earth. I didn’t see many places around that showed it was Dakota homeland. When I created these maps, I felt like it was important to ...

It’s easier to become a resident and reap the benefits in South Dakota than in perhaps any other state. This article explains ...

Goetz estimated more than 30,000 people are full-time traveler residents of South Dakota, but the actual number is unclear.

South Dakota, Missouri and Mississippi all have limited coverage, meaning that "data for the most recent week are based on a ...

As climate shocks get worse, insurance companies are increasingly dropping homeowners facing risks of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Now, the results of a congressional investigation ...