Angela Mejia, the boy’s grandmother, described her son-in-law, Victor Frias Rosas, as charismatic, outgoing and persevering.

This investigation was reported in collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. BLACK ...

Black Hills Pioneer. The Black Hills Pioneer is the oldest continuously operating business in West River Dakota Territory; ...

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes ...

Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A ...

Nine Native American tribes, including the Standing Rock Sioux and Spirit Lake Sioux, are suing to halt exploratory drilling ...

Taylor Gunhammer, of NDN Collective, speaks in September 2025 during a meeting at the Rapid City Public Library about mining and exploratory drilling in the Black Hills. (Photo by Seth Tupper/South ...

What is, isn't always what once was. For example, at one point, South Dakota was home to several bustling, up-and-coming communities that, for one reason or another, vanished from the face of the ...

(SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) - A plan to drill exploratory holes in search of uranium near a southern Black Hills canyon lined with ancient Native American rock art has raised tensions ahead of a ...

Though it wouldn’t be formally established as a federal holiday until 1879, George Washington’s birthday – later Presidents Day – was celebrated with special enthusiasm across the country in the ...