The Senate Education committee could vote on SB 68, the Oceti Sakowin community-based schools bill, on Jan. 26 after proponents and opponents …
Travis Kowalski, professor and interim head of the math department at South Dakota Mines, won the 2021 Chauvenet Prize from the Mathematical A…
First-generation college students can get additional support through a new SD-FIRST Program funded by a $998,819 grant through the National Sc…
Gov. Kristi Noem has proposed $900,000 in one-time funds for curriculum to help meet her goal of teaching South Dakota’s students “why the U.S…
The Rapid City Youth City Council received a lecture on the Constitution from Mayor Steve Allender and a reading of Dr. Seuss’s “The Sneetches…
Timothy Masterlark, a professor in the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at South Dakota Mines, has been selected by the Nation…
Parents and community members who have raised questions about why Rapid City Area Schools have closed for COVID-19 or remained open despite ca…
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In their final meeting of the year, the Rapid City school board swore in a new member to take Brian Johnson’s place and elected Amy Policky to…
The fall class of 2020 at South Dakota Mines won't celebrate commencement in-person this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but their hard wor…
Gov. Kristi Noem proposed one-time funding to public schools in her budget address Tuesday that may help Rapid City Area Schools make up for a…
A local suicide prevention group shared incorrect statistics about youth suicide in Pennington County in a recent local news story, prompting …
Gov. Kristi Noem signed an executive order Wednesday to suspend in-person meeting requirements for state and school employees through the dura…
The seventh annual CEO Business Plan Competition at South Dakota Mines was held virtually last week with first place going to Nghia Thai and N…
All Rapid City Area Schools staff were notified via district-wide email of new COVID-19 cases at 17 schools which may have had possible exposu…