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At Mt. Blogmore, Woster is shedding crocodile tears over the loss of Montgomery's graphs and charts. Montgomery is moving his talent from the RC Journal to the Sioux Falls Argus. Anyway, partially filling that incredible void is the graph below I found at Drive We Said. And while not a graph, the last TIME magazine (May 28, 2012) indicated US......
Dakota Today - Sun 11:07 a.m. - 11 clicks 
by LARRY MILLER Every now and then we read something in the newspaper that catches our eye, and which we think is worth repeating. That was the case this week, when Aaron Orlowski of the Rapid City Journal penned an article quoting a couple of folks about the Rocky Mountain pine beetle infestation that has devastated much of our beloved Black Hills of South Da...
Black Hills Monitor - Fri 1:10 p.m. - 16 clicks
Buy 'em books and buy 'em books then they roll 'em up and use 'em for toilet paper. SDGFP has been systematically exterminating the cougar population that had been discouraging wolves from migrating into the state. From the RCJ : The gray wolf found dead Monday morning near Pine Ridge made a 400-mile journey from Yellowstone National Park to southwest South Dakota in less than t...
interested party - Wed 5:23 a.m. - 20 clicks
The most frustrating aspect to the charges by Cheyenne River Sioux elder Vern Traversie that he was mutilated with a KKK carved into his belly while in Rapid City Regional Hospital for heart surgery is that no agencies with authority are taking any action one way or another. Vern Traversie says he is getting some help from the Cheyenne River Tribal Council officers: Traver...
Northern Valley Beacon - May 10 - 4 clicks
Observers of regenerating vegetation after a series of fires in the Rapid City area are marveling at the Earth's resiliency. The anniversary of the Grizzly Gulch Fire is coming this July: watching it for 24 hours was one of the most awe-inspiring experiences of my life. The heat was so intense whole trees were lifted then sent downwind for nearly a mile setting spot fires on Pillar Peak. Usin...
interested party - May 8 - 3 clicks
Once, it was a spur of the migration route that intersected the bison hunting ranges of the Pawnee or Comanche near Raton Pass in southern Colorado with the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in the northern ancestral grounds of the Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa. After the Lakota acquired the descendants of Spanish equus, herstory evolved very quickly in relative time. Now, Ho...
interested party - May 7 - 2 clicks
Some fine work at the Rapid City Regional Hospital: Vern Traversie's torso. One of the latest episodes in South Dakota's relentless war against the Native Americans occurred in the Rapid City Regional Hospital surgery and intensive care rooms, according to reports in online American Indian media. The battle objective and casualty was Vernon Traversie of Eagle Bu...
Northern Valley Beacon - Apr 30 - 3 clicks
Ruth Hopkins at Last Real Indians : There’s been a rash of racist flyers distributed in South Dakota area recently. These flyers exemplify my concerns about the need for tolerance and respect for the spiritual beliefs of others. It’s been said that the flyer I’m including here has been circulated by church members . The flyer calls the sacred Lakota rite of Yuwipi , as well as h...
interested party - Apr 30 - 4 clicks
Join Paul, Amy, and JoJo at Deadwood's Pumphouse Coffee tonight for an evening with Gordy Pratt . A tiny cover of $15 includes hors d'oeuvres. Cold-ass beer is available, too. Party begins at 7. Miller Street parking works best. You can find us in Historic Deadwood South Dakota at 73 Sherman Street. Just across the street from the Post Office and the Lawrence County Court House. See you t...
interested party - Apr 28
All South Dakota voters should be so excited they can hardly hold their water. Mike Rounds is considering a run for the US Senate. He will make up his minds next Fall. How can we wait without busting our seams in anticipation of his momentous decision? The insurance agent includes some fine print in his unannouncment. He will NOT sign......
Dakota Today - Apr 28
Last evening I noticed the KELO-TV had Extension agent Steve Munk discussing a moth invasion. You may be able to see this link for a day or two. KELO-TV News -- Mam-MOTH Invasion Frankly, that was a lot more important than the hype about some South Dakota jock being picked in a football draft, but also more interesting since the......
Dakota Today - Apr 27 - 2 clicks
The date for the opening of Northern Beef Packers in Aberdeen is being pushed back some more awaiting final sales of Tax Increment Financing bonds and the disposal of more mechanics' liens on the property filed this year. According to a trade newspaper article , almost a half million dollars in additional mechanics' liens have been filed with the Recorder of Deeds office: B...
Northern Valley Beacon - Apr 13 - 3 clicks
It is one thing to give the ignorant and mentally-challenged the right to free speech. It is quite another to give them the right to amplify their free speech and make it part of competent dialogue, but that is what the Aberdeen American News, which is a perennial contender for the World's Worst Newspaper Award, does with its letters-to-the editor. In Sunday's paper, the AAN ...
Northern Valley Beacon - Mar 26 - 5 clicks
Lunch was a bit somber Friday, but the intensity of a legislator we know who was the restaurant penetrated. My family had come from the hospital where my mother-in-law had just been given the last rites. The legislator was wondering if we had signed a petition yet to repeal South Dakota's atrocity to education, HB 1234, and he was worked up about it. What he was worked up about was...
Northern Valley Beacon - Mar 25 - 2 clicks
This afternoon NPR broadcast an interview with author Clay Johnson who has written THE INFORMATION DIET, A case for Conscious Consumption. The discussion involved a few terms, neologisms, and other ideas I was at least somewhat unaware. Reviews of Johnson's book at Amazon are a mixed bag. Some find it very interesting, others "too fat" and with a lot of......
Dakota Today - Mar 24 - 2 clicks
In a recent Rapid City Journal was a story about local craft people using Etsy.com to efficiently market their products without requiring the crafts people to do a lot of the business details. The link below is Etsy for South Dakota. You might find something interesting there or a way to market your own products. Apparently charge for sales is......
Dakota Today - Mar 10 - 9 clicks
