Gordon Howie says House Bill 1030, which would require passing motorists to give cyclists three to six feet of space, is a stupid idea. To boost his point, Howie misrepresents the text of the bill: The South Dakota Department of…
Posts tagged as “tourism”
I'm scratching my head over a comment reported by Ken Santema from Saturday's crackerbarrel in Aberdeen. Evidently a citizen asked the legislators about a proposal to increase funding for K-12 education through a 1% tourism tax. From Santema's phrasing, it…
The new pawn shop payday lending magnate Chuck Brennan talked up in his Christmas card is now in the news. Brennan gets that Sioux Falls paper to promote his new Badlands Pawn, scheduled to open next Thanksgiving. Brennan tells Jodi…
Dreamers in Spearfish are bringing the Passion Play Amphitheater back to life. Local organizers Scott and Mary Temple, Terri Dunwoody, and Zach Eixenberger has rechristened the 6,500-seat arena the Lookout Amphitheater and are doing real renovation to reopen the facility…
The Rapid City Journal notices the National Park Service's survey of visitors to Mount Rushmore and finds confirmation of what we South Dakotans know quite well: while we have minor complaints about parking fees and "Made in China" trinkets, Mount…
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…
In more race-based conclusion-jumping, the Madison Daily Leader editorial page is feeling queasy about the proposal to turn the South Unit of the Badlands into the first tribal national park. Letting the Lakota run the Stronghold, frets publisher Jon Hunter,…
Spearfish residents and visitors will enjoy at least one more year of feeding trout and ducks in one of the prettiest spots in South Dakota. The D.C. Booth Fish Hatchery, a historic haven nestled in the outlet of Spearfish Canyon…