Changes in the housing market have resulted in a flurry of new development in Rapid City with multiple large apartment complexes currently under construction. Many of these new developments are on the edge of town, which leads to urban sprawl, contributes to...

Rapid City and the Black Hills are in the midst of a housing crisis. Double-digit percentage increases in median listing prices have been persistent throughout 2021 and 2022. In the summer of 2021, at the peak of the frenzy, houses spent an average of eight days on...

My elected position has provided me with unique insight into our local Native American community. Over the last five years, I’ve collaborated with Indigenous leaders, business owners and families, some of which I now proudly consider as friends. They’ve given me...

On July 11, 2022, the United States Forest Service released a draft decision for gold exploration by F3 Gold, LLC, a gold exploration/mining company based in Minnesota. The draft decision found “no significant impact” for the company’s exploration proposal, permitted...

For centuries our country has been engaged in a fight for equality in the face of systemic racism and discrimination. While we cannot magically eradicate racism on the national level, we can at least confront it locally. Since the community is discussing racism...

In 2003 I had the privilege of being the first travelling speech therapist for the Rapid City Area Schools. Some facilities were a day or half day short on an available speech therapist, so that’s how I first became involved with the school district. During that time,...