PIERRE (AP) - Last week, Gov. Kristi Noem signed into law a measure allowing people to carry concealed pistols without a permit in South Dakota.
During the same week, the South Dakota Senate rejected a separate bill to allow concealed pistols in the state Capitol.
The Republican governor tweeted that

Read more: Governor signs permitless concealed carry law, Senate says “Anywhere but where we work”

By Careen D. Takes The Knife
Due to the plethora of issues caused by the recent government shutdown, the St. Francis community will be opening its doors twice a week to offer a meal.
During the shutdown, the Department of Social Services were forced to unload two months worth of EBT/food stamp

Read more: St. Francis community meal now twice a week

By Kevin Thranow
A large crowd packed the theatre at SGU’s Lakota Studies Tipi last Tuesday for the premiere of a new documentary called “Blood Memory.”
In attendance were Sandy White Hawk, the founder and director of First Nation’s Repatriation Institute, director/producer

Read more: SGU hosts “Blood Memory” premiere

By Kevin Thranow

The annual meeting of the Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative members took place last Saturday at the Community Events Center in White River.

The two main points of business were the election of directors for the Mellette County district and a vote on a proposed bylaw amendment that

Read more: Meek and Valburg re-elected to Cherry-Todd Electric board

PIERRE – Absentee voting will begin for registered voters in South Dakota on Friday, September 21, 2018, 46 days prior to the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

Registered voters can vote in person at their County Auditor’s office by bringing a photo

Read more: Absentee Voting begins September 21 for South Dakota General Election