Welcome to Bear Butte State Park, South Dakota’s hidden gem. Nestled just outside the bustling town of Sturgis, Bear Butte State Park is a geological oddity that rises from the plains like a sleeping ...

Welcome to Bear Butte State Park, South Dakota’s best-kept secret. Nestled just northeast of Sturgis, Bear Butte State Park is a hidden gem that’s been flying under the radar for far too long. This ...

Here’s a first look at meetings of our South Dakota state government’s boards and commissions, as well as the 2025 legislative session, that are open to the public during the ...

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP ... The Commission proposed to reinstate the rule prohibiting the leaving of human remains at Bear Butte State Park. This rule was originally passed in ...

A Las Vegas judge will allow testimony from three women who said Nathan Chasing Horse sexually abused them when they were ...

As the government forced the tribes onto reservations, Bear Butte fell into private ownership. In 1961, the State of South Dakota bought Bear Butte, and it became part of South Dakota’s park system.

On Jan. 9, 1879, gunshots rang out in Crawford, Nebraska as a group of Cheyenne people broke free from their confinement at Fort Robinson. Many didn’t make it out the door, but those who did ran ...

Native American tribes in South Dakota feel the popular Sturgis motorcycle rally is threatening their sacred site at Bear Butte. Al Jazeera's Daljit Dhaliwal recently visited Sturgis, South Dakota to ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...