Congressional leaders have failed to negotiate a deal on legislation to fund the federal government before midnight on Oct. 1. According to statistics from the South Dakota Department of Labor, about ...

North Dakota's attorney general will not sue South Dakota over its law restricting eminent domain for carbon pipelines. The South Dakota law prevents companies like Summit Carbon Solutions from ...

North Dakota State and South Dakota kick off their conference schedule in a class of Missouri Valley teams. The top-ranked Bison are 3-0 on the season and looking to continue their defense of their ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The South Dakota Legislature voted in special session Tuesday to approve a new state prison to replace an overcrowded 140-year-old facility in Sioux Falls SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- South Dakota lawmakers ...

South Dakota state Rep. Peri Pourier has switched her political party affiliation from Democratic to Republican. Pourier stated that Republican tenets of decentralized government and ...

South Dakota state Rep. Peri Pourier, who had been a Democrat, announced Monday that she switched her voter registration to Republican. "I have formally changed my voter registration from Democrat to ...

A longtime defense contractor from South Dakota was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trying to share classified information about the United States Air Force with Russia, the U.S. Department of ...

CUSTER COUNTY, S.D. — Two men lost their lives in a single-vehicle ATV crash on Monday, September 1, 2025, approximately seven miles south of Custer, South Dakota. The incident occurred at 5:40 p.m.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The KOA Holiday Campground at Mylan Park near Morgantown is open for business. General Manager Frank Witt said KOA has three levels of campgrounds- Journey, Holiday and Resort. The ...

No. 2 South Dakota State visits No. 3 Montana State on Saturday in an early showdown between two of the top programs in the FCS. The teams exchanged places in the national rankings this week after the ...

A 75-year-old South Dakota lawmaker passed away this week after sustaining fatal injuries in a farming accident. Lifelong Turner County resident Richard Vasgaard died on Wednesday after an incident ...