One of the last things Robin Page said to me as I interviewed her Friday for the Madville Times was something she said her grandmother told her. Echoing Lakota wisdom, Robin's grandmother said we "have to learn to walk in…
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Haven Stuck wants to upset the Republican apple cart and become only the third Democratic legislator from the Black Hills in the last 20 years. But in an interview with the Madville Times, the Rapid City attorney and District 33…
Because Rebecca Leas is an outspoken critic of Powertech/Azarga's plan to pollute the Black Hills and use up our water to help the Chinese get rich off our uranium, Pat Powers portrays her as an out-of-touch feminist. Don't ask for…
I stopped by Gordon Howie's Community Thrift Store in Rapid City (hey, I believe in community, I'm thrifty... why not?). I enjoy the metaphoric fun of seeing a wind turbine humming happily on the hill above the arch-conservative's headquarters. But…
Bro-hug for Senator Craig Tieszen, speaking up for LGBT equality! A rally for gay rights Friday night in downtown Rapid City included a speaker not often heard at such gatherings — a Republican lawmaker. Sen. Craig Tieszen, R-Rapid City, was…
South Dakota Republicans like to holler about Democrats offering food for votes. How about hollering about one of their own offering beer for votes? While her son performed in a school program in Sioux Falls, fake U.S. Senate candidate Annette…
So that's why Ron Sasso was Googling himself: he's running for office! The Rapid City counselor wants to be a city councilor again. Sasso says he filed his nominating petition yesterday to run for Ward 5 City Alderman, the seat…
That Rapid City paper gives its readers reason to start looking for a new state Senator. In this morning's edition, reporter Daniel Simmons-Ritchie gets State Senator Phil Jensen to reveal the threat he poses to civil liberties, admitting that he'd…