RAPID CITY — Bomber training missions are resuming on a limited basis at Ellsworth Air Force Base in southwestern South Dakota. The military last month halted training operations for a dozen … more

RAPID CITY, S.D. — School children in Rapid City have some good news coming to them. The superintendent of the city’s school district said despite having to cancel school several days because … more

BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone County health-care officials say a woman posing as a nurse at Billings Clinic accompanied doctors on patient checks. Barbara Schneeman, the director of … more

HELENA, Mont. — A freight train has derailed outside Helena, scattering 13 empty cars down an embankment. The derailment happened early Tuesday when the eastbound train was on a curve in the … more

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Navajo Nation’s approval of a lease extension for a coal-fired power plant on the reservation came after hours of contentious debate and a slew of amendments. Now, the … more

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — A beloved macaw that a Great Falls man says he lost in a divorce then thought he had found again turned out to be a bird of a different feather. Mike Taylor recently picked … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and … more

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Police in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City say one of its officers shot a man who pulled a gun and pointed it at an officer in the lobby of the police … more

HILL CITY — Film enthusiasts will have a chance to see South Dakota-produced films and films shot on location in South Dakota this week during the annual Black Hills Film Festival. It’s the … more

PIERRE — A research project led by biologists in the state shows that the venom a prairie rattlesnake uses to disable its prey is different in the higher elevations of the Black Hills than at lower … more