Category: Editorial
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When A 9,000 Pound Spinning Boulder gets Tagged, Rapid City Shows Up
There’s a rock in Memorial Park that spins. Not metaphorically. Rockspinner 6 — an 11-foot-tall, 9,000-pound slab of granite from Stone Mountain, Georgia — is mounted on a bearing-filled base and will actually rotate if you push it. It took three people and a crane to place it on the Promenade at Memorial Park. Sculptor…
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The Season That Wasn’t: A Critical Analysis of the 2025-2026 Rapid City Rush
A Rapid City Sentinel Editorial Editor’s Note: DawnSherine Bernard is the founder and publisher of The Rapid City Sentinel. She covered the 2025-26 Rapid City Rush season directly and is named in the events described in Section 4 of this editorial. All documentation referenced herein is retained by the author. The Corporate Promises They came…
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The Task Force Trap: Manufacturing A Crisis for Election Season
Just 36 hours before early municipal voting opens in Rapid City, local law enforcement has announced a heavily-armed, seven-agency task force to address a sudden parole crisis. Even for those of us who believe people on parole should be held accountable, the timing, the scale, and the stagecraft demand a closer look.The stated catalyst is…
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Well – Dressed Defeat: When the Uniform Doesn’t Pay the Bills
Defeat doesn’t usually announce itself with a crash. It starts with a sudden, hollow numbness. It’s the absolute silence that settles in when the math finally stops working, and you realize there is no safety net left to catch you. We aren’t talking about the consequences of reckless choices or a lack of ambition. We…
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The Summer Nights Political Sandbox: Don’t Cry Over Closed Streets, Cry Over Broken Ethics
Let’s get one thing straight about the Summer Nights relocation to 6th and Kansas City Street: a temporary road closure is not the end of the world. In Rapid City, we shut down roads for car shows, kids’ carnivals, and parades all the time. It is a fundamental part of small-town living. If a business…