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Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
UNDATED (AP)- Fewer airplanes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that are intended to protect the serenit...
Jody Heemstra Dec 04, 2023
WOTUS veto override fails in Congress
APRIL 20, 2023: The House of Representatives was unsuccessful in getting enough votes to override President Biden's veto of legislation undoing a rule defining the Clean Water Act's jurisdiction. The ...
Jody Heemstra Apr 20, 2023 PRSA-NY / CC
Swedlund, Estes First-Team Girls All-State; Knippling, Aesoph, Sawinsky On Third Team
SIOUX FALLS - Central South Dakotans are part of the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association All-State Girls Basketball Teams, released Friday. Senior guard Bella Swedlund of Winner is first team ...
Mar 25, 2022 popo.uw23
Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden's climate law will help, AP-NORC poll finds
UNDATED (AP)- A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of U.S. adults say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year. That i...
Jody Heemstra Apr 18, 2024
Japan is giving Washington 250 new cherry trees to replace those to be lost in construction work
APRIL 10, 2024: WASHINGTON (AP) - Japan is giving the United States 250 new cherry trees to help replace the hundreds that are being ripped out this summer as construction crews work to repair the cru...
Jody Heemstra Apr 11, 2024
14 GOP-led states-- including South Dakota-- have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer
UNDATED (AP)- Most Republican governors turned down federal money to provide grocery help for low-income families with school-age kids over the summer. While governors often complain about the program...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2024 Pictures of Money / CC
6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
APRIL 10, 2024: BRANDON, Miss. (AP) - Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal ch...
Jody Heemstra Apr 10, 2024
US judge to weigh cattle industry request to halt Colorado wolf reintroduction
DECEMBER 14, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- A federal judge is set to consider a request by Colorado's cattle industry to block the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to the state under a voter-approved bal...
Jody Heemstra Dec 14, 2023 Derek Bakken / CC
Biden 2024 splits Dems but most would back him: AP-NORC poll
APRIL 21, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - A poll shows only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, but a large majority say they'd be likely to support him if he became th...
Jody Heemstra Apr 22, 2023 GPA Photo Archive
Farm Bill Doubtful to Override California's Prop 12
JULY 7, 2023: Farmers and ranchers are slightly more optimistic that Congress will get a new farm bill passed this year. However, Successful Farming says they don't think the farm bill will get used t...
Jody Heemstra Jul 07, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC