“It’s kind of been a strong issue with me, that it may be legal but it’s not smart,” said Ron Kolbeck of Salem, who has taught state HuntSAFE programs for more than 20 years.

Nearly 50 South Dakota journalists and students recently attended training sessions in Rapid City and Sioux Falls to sharpen their crime coverage skills.

Military veterans who served at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City and at Joe Foss Field Air National Guard Station in Sioux Falls are part of new national class-action lawsuits seeking damages due to exposure to toxic chemicals in firefighting foam.

One in four births in South Dakota is performed via cesarean section, and those births can range from the routine to the traumatic. In the first in a collaboration with SDPB's South Dakota Focus show, we look into how monthly meetings have a healing effect on moms who went through the procedure.

Noem’s administration is seeking the help of economic development groups and top businesses to pay for national ads touting her “Freedom Works Here” campaign. But some of these groups are still waiting for the names of thousands of prospective employees.

The marriage of Corabelle Fellows, a white woman, and Sam Campbell, a mixed-race man who was part Sioux, was scandalized in newspapers across the nation in the late 1880s. South Dakota native Chuck Raasch's book chronicles Corabelle's life and her then-controversial courtship.

South Dakota’s Hispanic population more than doubled over the past 12 years and now helps keep many small towns vibrant, a trend seen in other rural areas of the U.S., according to census data and experts.