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South Dakota to help fund Rapid City office building for defense contractor Northrop Grumman

By: Seth Tupper

RAPID CITY, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) — Getting Ellsworth Air Force Base removed from a closure list 21 years ago was the beginning of the

Aberdeen News Company

USPS upgrades Sioux Falls plant to fix South Dakota mail delays

By: Seth Tupper

The U.S. Postal Service plans to speed up South Dakota mail delivery by upgrading a Sioux Falls facility in January.

Aberdeen News Company

B-21 developer Northrop Grumman brings new jobs to South Dakota

By: Seth Tupper

Northrop Grumman is opening a new office in Rapid City to support B-21 bomber development and local defense growth.

Rapid City Journal Media Group

Rapid City women's prison

By: Seth Tupper

Vehicles fill the parking lot of South Dakota’s Rapid City Correctional Facility, a women’s prison, on Oct. 1, 2026. The complex includes multiple additional structures behind the main building.

Surprise is not an adequate response to predictable causes, effects of eastern South Dakota floods

By: Seth Tupper

As the Army Corps of Engineers prepares to host an open house about its study of Lower Big Sioux River flood risks, I'm reminded of a comment then-Gov.

‘Not only convenient, but necessary': Voices of mail-in voters

By: Seth Tupper, Meghan O'Brien Makenzie Huber

Byron Sutter has been voting by mail for years, ever since he worked in healthcare and couldn't leave his patients to vote in person.

‘Not only convenient, but necessary’: Voices of mail-in voters • South Dakota Searchlight

By: Meghan O'Brien, Makenzie Huber, Seth Tupper

Amid scrutiny of mail-in voting, South Dakota Searchlight interviewed mail-in voters about why the option is important to them.

Commentary: Surprise is not an adequate response to predictable causes, effects of eastern South Dakota floods • South Dakota Searchlight

Many of the forces causing ever-worsening floods in eastern South Dakota have been observable for decades.

Money flows to South Dakota US Senate race as independent challenges Republican incumbent • South Dakota Searchlight

By: Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar

Money is pouring into South Dakota’s U.S. Senate race as people and groups across the country sense a rare chance to support a potentially competitive challenger against a Republican incumbent.

Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

Money Flows To SD Senate Race As Independent Challenges Republican Incumbent

By: Seth Tupper, Joshua Haiar

Money is pouring into South Dakota’s U.S. Senate race as people and groups across the country sense a rare chance to support a potentially competitive challenger against a Republican incumbent.