U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the media on Aug. 14, 2024, in Sioux Falls. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) SIOUX FALLS — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday ...

With the loss in SNAP funding affecting the lower-income communities the hardest, eyes are on Pine Ridge and other ...

It’s home to a sovereign nation, rich in resilience, history and culture, but one that’s been stifled by displacement to resource-starved regions and centuries of systemic oppression.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the first in a series exploring the influence of drug cartels in South Dakota, on and off the state’s reservations. Years ago, domestic methamphetamine users would make ...

As the wait for South Dakotans to receive SNAP benefits continues, families, grocers, and food banks are all doing what they ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A vote to end prohibition and allow alcohol on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation got most of the votes, but the election outcome was too close to call late Tuesday ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- The remains of a man who died young while touring the world with Buffalo Bill were hidden for more than a century in an unmarked grave some 1,700 miles from his South Dakota ...

The emergency room at the only hospital on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota will reopen since federal officials on Tuesday hired a contractor to provide emergency services there and at ...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday during a visit to South Dakota that national crime rates have declined, but challenges remain on tribal reservations in the state. “We know that ...