Belle Fourche News

Devils Tower, WY Devils Tower National Monument reopens Friday morning following a brief closure after a prescribed burn escaped containment late Wednesday afternoon.

Congratulations to Ronald and Denise Rieb on their 50th wedding anniversary. Ron and Denise were married April 13, 1963, at St.

Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Tuesday that Circuit Judge Brad Zell sentenced 50-year-old Rodney Berget for a second time for the killing of Ronald "RJ" Johnson in April 2011 on Johnson's 63rd birthday.

Energy is a key industry in South Dakota, and the State's proximity to the Bakken oil boom creates a unique opportunity for businesses in South Dakota to service the need of the oil patch.

Jose Luise Dominguez, 28, of Belle Fourche was arrested on May 4, 2013 by the Belle Fourche Police Department.

State economic development officials and representatives from Belle Fourche, Spearfish and Sturgis are attending a petroleum conference in Canada this week to promote South Dakota's energy industry.

A bank, a barn, a church and a movie theater in South Dakota are being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

State economic development officials and representatives from Belle Fourche, Spearfish and Sturgis are attending a petroleum conference in Canada this week to promote South Dakota's energy industry.

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State environmental officials say excessive levels of E. coli, ammonia and chloride in water samples from the Belle Fourche River watershed in Wyoming shouldn't cause alarm in South Dakota.

The Rapid City Journal reports that Rapid City saw a $7 million increase in collections from 2010 to 2012, and the cities of Deadwood, Sturgis and Spearfish also have seen steady climbs.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced the appointment Friday. Day will fill the vacancy created by the upcoming retirement of Judge John Bastian.

Belle Fourche attorney Mike Day will be the newest judge in South Dakota's Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Mysterious gunshots that prompted the lockdown of a western South Dakota school turned out to be nothing of the sort.

Mysterious gunfire prompted a western South Dakota school to go into lockdown mode, but officials say students were not endangered.