Lake County enjoyed a nice September employment boomlet. According to South Dakota Department of Labor statistics, Lake County added 210 jobs from August to September, for a total of 6420. With 170 new workers joining the active labor force of…
Posts tagged as “Rapid City”
My daughter and I went to Rapid City to engage the capitalist beast with our dollars. Several of our neighbors were at 6th and Main engaging the beast with their First Amendment Rights. Let's hear from five of our neighbors…
The protests against Wall Street plutocracy are spreading to Rapid City this weekend. Occupy Rapid City invites the creative and cranky to come help make signs at Shelter #3, Canyon Lake Park, in Rapid City Thursday and Friday from 4…
The United States Postal Service is considering a plan that would put at least another 484 miles and eight hours of road time on my mail. The USPS will study how much money it could save by closing the Rapid…
Gordon Howie must have burned up all the cash from his ranch foreclosure sale. Either that, or he needs to replace all the hay he keeps setting on fire. Howie's Life & Liberty Fake Blogroll Group is throwing a raffle,…
The Rapid City Journal reports that, over the last decade, the number of self-identified same-sex couples increased 68% in South Dakota, from 826 in 2000 to 1390 in 2010. In Rapid City, same-sex couples raising their hands for the Census…
Hey, Sioux Falls! Get your personal income growth back in gear! According to the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, personal income in the Sioux Falls metro area (Minnehaha, McCook, Turner, and Lincoln counties) grew 1.6% in 2010,…
Blogmore Challenge Offers Valuable Information to Undecideds Knock on those doors, Alan and Sam! Nielson Brothers Polling has released a poll on the Rapid City mayoral runoff election, which vote takes place this coming Tuesday, June 28. The results from…