Rapid City, South Dakota News

Estimated $6 million to be spent on water storage project
Water pressure and capacity are expected to improve after a planned 3.5 million gallon water reservoir is built along Elk Vale Road just south of Interstate 90.
The Rapid City Journal  –  1 hour, 48 minutes ago  ¦  comment?

The Fives: Cute little babies, a church youth group under fire and high speed chases
For many, the midst of summer is vacation time. But in the world of online news, at least here at the Rapid City Journal, it is the busiest time of year.
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FEMA rejects individual aid for June flood damage
Residents and businesses in South Dakota that suffered flood damages in June will not get federal help. The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday, June 24, denied South Dakota's request for individual disaster recovery help.
The Rapid City Journal  –  4 hours, 8 minutes ago  ¦  comment?

Gas prices ease in Rapid City, throughout the nation
Gas prices fell for the seventh straight day Thursday, according to AAA and nationwide surveys of credit card charges.
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Police corral wandering herd of cattle on bike path
It took three Rapid City police officers and others about 40 minutes Thursday morning to control a small herd of black Angus cattle strolling on the bike path.
The Rapid City Journal  –  6 hours, 39 minutes ago  ¦  comment?

Public offers input on city TIF revisions
About two dozen people showed up for a public meeting Thursday about a city committee's recently completed revisions to the city's tax increment financing policy, but only a few had comments.
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Clinic's medical waste found in residential neighborhood
Oxygen masks, syringes and rubber gloves strewn across Elm Street upset area residents, who contacted police and fire department officials Thursday.
The Rapid City Journal  –  12 hours, 19 minutes ago  ¦  comment?

Verizon Wireless offers divestitures to buy Alltel
The prospects of becoming a cell phone orphan up for adoption by another company is upsetting some customers caught up in the Verizon Wireless wrangling with federal regulators over Alltel Corp.
The Rapid City Journal  –  12 hours, 31 minutes ago  ¦  comment?

Volunteers uncovers 58th mammoth at the Mammoth Site
HOT SPRINGS -- Joanne Bugel is happy to be the Earthwatch volunteer who uncovered the 115th tusk at the Mammoth Site and moved the popular Hot Springs tourist site's mammoth tally to 58.
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Doctor says Herseth Sandlin's pregnancy unlikely to interrupt campaign
At 37, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin is a couple of years into what doctors call the "advanced maternal age" category.
The Rapid City Journal  –  14 hours, 17 minutes ago  ¦  comment?