Category: Local politics
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Rapid City Planning Commission Delays Vote on New Data Center Rules After Fractured Hearing
Rapid City SD – An ordinance rewriting how Rapid City regulates data centers — capping their water use, banning the largest of them outright, and imposing new noise and cooling standards — was supposed to get a recommendation from the Planning Commission on Sept. 10. Instead, after roughly an hour and a half of public…
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Hanover Drive Triplex Approved on 5-3 Vote after Contentious Planning Commission Hearing
Rapid City SD – A Rapid City Planning Commission meeting that opened with a routine consent calendar ended with commissioners defending themselves against members of the public who told them to shut up — and, in one case, a neighbor named Clayton Severson asked to leave the room by chair Erik Braun. The Sept. 10…
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The Sentinel’s Recap: Federal Mandates, Fiscal Shifts, and Growing Pains
Rapid City City Council Meeting – Sept. 8, 2026 Rapid City SD –Tuesday night’s City Council meeting highlighted the persistent tug-of-war between neighborhood transparency, fiscal management, and the looming threat of municipal liability. From contentious zoning amendments to shifting millions in management contracts, here is what happened on the dais. The Oxford House Dilemma: Neighborhoods…
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Also on the September 10th Rapid City Zoning/Planning Agenda: Variances, Right of Ways and Rezoning
Rapid City SD – The data center ordinance isn’t the only thing in front of Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission Thursday, September 10, at 7 a.m., City Council Meeting Room, 300 Sixth Street. Here’s the rest of it, in the order it appears on the agenda. Zoning Board of Adjustment Planning Commission –…
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Rapid City’s New Data Center Rules Go Before the Planning Commission Thursday Morning
Meeting starts at 7 a.m.; ordinance follows through on the Mayor’s July pledge that “no data center is worth our water. RAPID CITY, S.D. — An ordinance that would rewrite how the city treats data centers — capping their water use, banning the largest of them outright, and imposing new noise and cooling requirements —…
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The September 8th, 2026 Rapid City City Council Playbill
Rapid City SD — Tuesday’s meeting is a make-up date — Rapid City Council normally sits the first and third Monday of the month, but Labor Day bumped this session a day late. Don’t let the shifted date fool you into thinking it’s a light one. Two long-running stories close out tonight, the actual 2027…
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Before the Sports Complex even Opens, Its Manager’s Fee Went Up 67%
A quiet contract amendment also puts the operator’s affiliate inside construction change-order reviews — a role it wasn’t paid for in July. Rapid City SD – Sports Facilities Management, LLC hasn’t opened the Rapid City Fieldhouse yet. It hasn’t hired a General Manager, sold a sponsorship, or hosted an event. But as of a First…
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Your Rundown: Rapid City’s Legal & Finance Committee, September 2nd
12:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall Administration Center — 18 items, one lunch hour Rapid City SD – Fourteen of these items are on consent, meaning they’re bundled into a single vote unless someone pulls one out for discussion. Four are non-consent, meaning they get their own debate. Here’s what’s actually inside each one, in…
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What’s on the Tuesday September 1st Rapid City Public Works Agenda: GCC Dacotah and Sidewalk Variances Return
Rapid City SD – The Public Works Committee meets at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 300 6th Street. Nineteen items sit on the consent calendar alongside the 2027-2030 Transportation Improvement Program. Here’s what’s in the packet, in the order the committee will hit it. Consent Calendar (Items 1-19) Change…
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How Nectar, Inc. was Embedded in the Tzadik Collapse before a Rapid City Bankruptcy was even Filed
Rapid City SD – A complex web of corporate maneuvering is quietly determining the fate of Rapid City’s distressed apartment properties. As Tzadik Rapid City Portfolio I, LLC approaches a critical Aug. 31 bankruptcy hearing, a seemingly independent buyer has emerged to recapitalize the portfolio. But a paper trail — running from a press release…