South Dakota Searchlight
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South Dakota Searchlight (opens the original)
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We use our journalistic searchlight to illuminate critical issues facing South Dakota, dissect the decisions made by state leaders, and explain the consequences of their policies and the role of politics in the lives of South Dakotans. We publish news and commentary that prioritizes accuracy, fairness, insight and civility. There is no charge to access our content, or to subscribe to our email newsletter. Other media outlets that follow our guidelines are free to republish our work. We publish g
Departing congressman says voter choices and Trump’s ‘lost focus’ contribute to DC’s troubles (opens the original)
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SIOUX FALLS — Partisan squabbles are keeping Congress from effecting change, and President Donald Trump has made it worse when he has “lost focus,” said South Dakota Republican U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, who added that he finds many of Trump’s personal characteristics “lacking.” Johnson, who will leave office in January, aired his frustrations about national politics and celebrated his staff and some colleagues at a Sioux Falls Downtown Rotary Club meeting Monday. During a question-and-answer sess
Northrop Grumman to establish permanent Rapid City presence (opens the original)
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RAPID CITY, S.D. – A new investment from Elevate Rapid City aims to expand their campus in Rapid City’s Innovation District with a new defense hub. Lawmakers and defense contractors made the announcement Wednesday in response to the anticipated arrival of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber at the Ellsworth Air Force Base. The project is aimed at building a national security and defense cluster in Rapid City, with a new secure administrative facility built to support companies and organizations worki
Underground experiment in South Dakota’s Black Hills reports ‘compelling hint of dark matter’ (opens the original)
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An experiment deep underground in South Dakota’s Black Hills has reported its “most compelling hint of dark matter” to date. A news release Tuesday from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment announced the recording of a single particle interaction that researchers have difficulty explaining with known background signals from normal matter. The result does not yet meet the statistical threshold required to claim a discovery, the news release said. “With only one event, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves
State vet: No immediate threat of New World screwworm affecting South Dakota (opens the original)
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PIERRE — Flesh-eating pests spreading north into the United States have so far been kept at bay from South Dakota, but state animal industry leaders are keeping an eye on the threat. New World screwworm cases surfaced in Texas in early June. The name “screwworm” refers to the larvae, or maggots, that burrow into open wounds, feeding as they go “like a screw being driven into wood,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They primarily infest livestock, wildlife, pets and birds, leading
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