South Dakota News Watch
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A nonprofit of South Dakota journalists who tell in-depth and investigative stories, verify claims and engage with communities to identify solutions.
South Dakota, USA
Joined January 2018
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Where #SouthDakota ranks right now in #education funding.
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A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
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South Dakota News Watch is now available across the social web, on @sdnewswatch@sdnewswatch.org
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"You can also see incomes growing in smaller farming communities as well." See the median income for your ZIP code and how #SouthDakota is doing as a whole.
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South Dakota's median household income more than doubled over the past two decades, from $37,618 in 2000 to an estimated $72,421.
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Countries have flags, but what about #SouthDakota cities?.
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A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
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“It is pollution. But it is pollution taking place under the watchful eye of regulators.” #SouthDakota's toxic release report from the EPA.
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Most of the 7.5 million pounds of chemicals emitted in 2024 were treated prior to release and were within regulatory limits.
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Read the #SouthDakota Hall of Fame's expansion plans for Chamberlain and classrooms statewide as well as the bios of the 2025 class, which includes a new category.
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Fundraising campaign has raised more than half of $4.5 million goal.
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Sioux Falls is back in the Little League World Series. A fact brief on whether other #SouthDakota teams have made it.
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A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
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The latest U.S. Census data on #SouthDakota's age, including interactive graphics of the median age in all 66 counties and how many people are in each age group.
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High birth rate on reservations and presence of college students counteracts aging counties, as state's average age creeps past 38.
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Are #SouthDakota East River and West River also different for gas prices?.
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A fact brief that refutes or confirms a claim with supporting information and additional evidence and context.
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"We're already exceeding the recharge rate in those areas." New USGS study foretells #BlackHills water supply troubles even during normal precipitation.
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"Young professionals are driving the city for the better." #SouthDakota now about half rural and half urban.
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Sioux Falls and Rapid City areas are now home to 465,000 people and growing, and it's not just the availability of jobs that's attracting them.
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When was the last time Rapid City voters passed a school bond? Our latest fact brief:
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“They really do provide a special kind of service that a lot of the rest of us just kind of take for granted.” Expected timeline released for federal funding for non-commercial tribal radio stations.
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You've likely seen headlines about the Sturgis rally tally. Here's some insight into how the data is compiled:
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More than 113,000 South Dakotans are food insecure -- lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Forty state organizations are teaming up to lower that number. Read more:.
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"We've sort of been a place to come together and try to figure out solutions as the crises hit." 40 #SouthDakota orgs form collaborative on hunger.
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“You know, people write off #SouthDakota as, ‘Oh, they don't appreciate art.’ And I'm like, ‘Yes, they do!’” New film features true story of woman managing a ranch amidst financial struggles after the loss of her husband.
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“There's this amazing resurgence of cowboy and Western films, right? But have you seen any of them that are told through the voices of women?"
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Not having your headlights on in certain situations is a Class 2 misdemeanor in South Dakota.
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See a list of the grants that were terminated at South Dakota colleges as a result of the Trump administration's cuts to higher education:
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