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Legacy of Wounded Knee occupation lives on 50 years later
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) - Madonna Thunder Hawk remembers the firefights. As a medic during the occupation of Wounded Knee in early 1973, Thunder Hawk was stationed nightly in a frontline bunker in the...
Jody Heemstra Feb 27, 2023 Hamner_Fotos / CC
Bison's relocation to Native lands revives a spiritual bond
NOVEMBER 22, 2022: BULL HOLLOW, Okla. (AP) - Bison nearly vanished from the Great Plains. Decades later, there's a nationwide resurgence of Indigenous tribes seeking to reconnect with the humpbacked, ...
Jody Heemstra Nov 22, 2022
USDA providing monies for climate-smart commodities, rural projects partnerships in South Dakota
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity, with projects fro...
Jody Heemstra Sep 15, 2022
Education Department opens investigation into Harvard's legacy admissions
JULY 25, 2023: BOSTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to ...
Jody Heemstra Jul 26, 2023 Karen Neoh / CC
Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There's still time to grab a spot
MARCH 2, 2024: NEW YORK (AP) - There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, in North America. The eclipse first hits Mexico's Pacific coast, cuts ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 02, 2024
Noem signs budget bills, bringing total to 233 signed this legislative session with no vetoes
MARCH 20, 2024: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed HB 1259 and SB 52 into law, which make up the budget for the State of South Dakota for the remainder of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 20...
Jody Heemstra Mar 20, 2024
Nashville shooter was ex-student with detailed plan to kill
MARCH 28, 2023: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The former student who shot through the doors of a Christian elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three adults had drawn a detailed map ...
Jody Heemstra Mar 28, 2023
Settlement reached in lawsuit between Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' allies
MARCH 27, 2024: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney have reached a settlement agreement in a state court fight over how Walt Disney World is developed in the future fol...
Jody Heemstra Mar 27, 2024 Raymond Brown / CC
Witnesses to FBI hunt for Civil War gold describe heavily loaded armored truck, signs of a night dig
OCTOBER 7, 2023: PENFIELD, Pa. (AP) - New eyewitness accounts are raising questions about the FBI's secretive 2018 dig for a legendary cache of Civil War-era gold. Two men who were near the excavation...
Jody Heemstra Oct 07, 2023
Cities whose residents are most likely to live with roommates
Household size in the U.S. is inching up for the first-time in over a century due to lower housing inventory and skyrocketing rents. Accompanying this trend is the increase in "doubled-up househo...
Nov 18, 2020