Deadwood is astir over another old building threatened by development. Optima LLC, which owns Cadillac Jacks and Springhill Suites on the north end of Deadwood, wants to move the Fountain House from its property along Main Street, across from the…
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Speaking of religious apocalypticists steering our politics, South Dakota's leading theocracy advocates (Perry Groten calls them a "social advocacy nonprofit"—come on, Perry!) are calling on Christians to keep keno, craps, and roulette from wrecking the Redeemer's return: A social advocacy…
Deadwood makes the New York Times... for being confused: This old Western town of gunfights and gambling is going through an identity crisis. ...“It feels more modern, a little bit more Vegas style,” said Russell Lehmbeck, 43, a tourist from…
Zut alors! The South Dakota Legislature's Rules Review Committee has found a way to make English the official and exclusive language in a few dusky corners of our state: the Deadwood card tables. In its continuing response to allegations of…
The South Dakota Constitution allows Deadwood to conduct gambling on the condition that the city use the proceeds for historic restoration and preservation. Black Hills native Eric Zimmer writes that Deadwood and the First Gold casino may be violating the…
Hearing concerns about cheating by collusion at Deadwood's poker tables, the South Dakota Legislature this session passed House Bill 1084, which empowers the gaming commission to ban cheaters, felons, and perhaps whistleblowers from casinos. Unfortunately, Deadwood casinos don't seem terribly…
A few South Dakota lawmakers tried really hard this session to dress their anti-gay bigotry in religious drag and allow pious business owners to refuse service to homosexuals. Those mean-spirited bills failed. (For the record, see HB 1251, SB 66,…
Look at this view, coming into Deadwood from the north on US 85: If you look at this photo and say, "Let's go inside!" you have no soul. But that's exactly the response on which Deadwood has built its economic…