The annual fireworks display at Mount Rushmore has been suspended this year due to an outbreak of bark beetles that has caused an increased fire danger…

Rue McClanahan, the saucy senior in television’s “Golden Girls” and a one-time Deadwood casino partner, has died at age 76.
We never met Rue, and I’m not sure she was ever actually in Deadwood. This was back in the heady days of Deadwood’s foray into legalized gaming that began 20 years ago. She was among the …

The snow has melted, the roads are open and the attractions are ready for the peak visitor season to begin. Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start to summer here in the Black Hills…

Last week I, along with a couple of thousand other locals, had a chance to tour the newly renovated Alex Johnson Hotel in downtown Rapid City. The citywide open house was a mob scene. People were streaming through the front door. They packed the lobby, the second-floor ballroom, the new coffee shop, the tavern and …

The South Dakota Office of Tourism recently started running its newest TV ad on stations across the country…

Design the best logo for a popular area trail park and it could become the new official park symbol. AND – you could win a brand-spanking-new bike…

There’s still time to get Mom something really unique for Mother’s Day – a special two-hour train ride through the beautiful Black Hills…

Sue, the famous T-Rex found near Faith, South Dakota in 1990, calls Chicago’s Field Museum home. Recently, another Black Hills area town has been rubbing elbows with the famous windy-city museum…

Adventure sports – check. Incredible short films – check. Unbeatable entertainment in a historic downtown Rapid City location – check. It’ll all be there in this weekend’s Mountainfilm on Tour…

The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary south of Hot Springs is worth a visit. You can see as many as 600 horses bounding across the prairie that stretches from the Cheyenne River to the limestone cliffs of the Southern Black Hills.
If you’re lucky, you can meet sanctuary founder Dayton O. Hyde. The lanky cowboy turns …