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Averted disaster on Horizon Air flight renews scrutiny on mental health of those in the cockpit
OCTOBER 26, 2023: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - What authorities describe as an off-duty pilot's attempt to shut down the engines of a Horizon Air flight has renewed attention on the mental fitness of those a...
Jody Heemstra Oct 26, 2023
What would happen without a Leap Day? More than you might think
NEW YORK (AP) - Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Ancient civilizations had calendars that made periodic corrections to realign with ...
Jody Heemstra Feb 27, 2024 Denise Krebs / CC
Organizations from Pierre, Miller among those receiving money from South Dakota Housing
South Dakota Housing's Board of Commissioners has awarded (Nov. 14, 2023) $19.2 million Housing Infrastructure Financing Program (HIFP) funds to assist with 19 housing infrastructure projects and $700...
Jody Heemstra Nov 14, 2023
USDA offers disaster assistance to South Dakota farmers impacted by recent severe storms and related weather events
Agricultural operations in South Dakota have been significantly impacted by a severe weather event that included straight-line winds, causing wide-spread, extensive destruction across the state. The U...
Jody Heemstra Jun 03, 2022
Four Todd County men sentenced for assaulting a federal officer
DECEMBER 2023: Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced four Todd County, South Dakota, men in a case that involved charges of Assaulting, Resisting, and Impeding a Federal Off...
Jody Heemstra Dec 19, 2023
Trump declines to endorse a national abortion ban and says it should be left to the states
NEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump has declined to endorse a national abortion ban and says he believes abortion should be left to the states. The presumptive Republican presidential nomine...
Jody Heemstra Apr 08, 2024 Matt Johnson / CC
Four more medical marijuana bills see House committee passage
FEBRUARY 15, 2024: By Todd Epp, South Dakota Broadcasters Association. The South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee passed four more medical cannabis bills this week (Feb. 15, 2024). SB4...
Jody Heemstra Feb 16, 2024
Noem delivers FY2021 budget proposal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has offered her budget proposals for the next year while acknowledging that money is tight and instructing state agencies to reduce spendin...
Dec 03, 2019
Meet the 14-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with 'psammophile'
JUNE 2, 2023: OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn't...
Jody Heemstra Jun 02, 2023
Clinic, physicians challenge revised North Dakota abortion laws in ongoing lawsuit
JUNE 13, 2023: BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The clinic that was North Dakota's sole abortion provider is challenging the state's newest abortion laws as part of an ongoing lawsuit that calls the restrictions...
Jody Heemstra Jun 13, 2023 Justin Brockie / CC