Tag: South dakota
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WE’RE BACK
The Daffodils at Memorial Park are shaking off the winter and gloriously foreshadowing a beautiful spring.
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The Lost Art of the Break OR Why You Should Probably Just Get Backyard Chickens
As I watched the grass emerge while the ice rink was dismantled at Main Street Square yesterday, feeling entirely burnt out by the local political noise, I found myself genuinely considering the city’s latest legislative push: the backyard chicken. I stood there watching the city un-winter itself and thought, ‘Yes. A chicken. The perfect, unbothered…
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Moving to Rapid City? How to Avoid Shenanigans and Navigate your New Home Town
Rapid City is a “Constitutional Carry” state where the cat needs a license and the horse needs a passport. If you’re moving here from out of state, your lack of information could cost you thousands in your first week. Here is your shield. I. The Vehicle Gauntlet ( The first 90 Days) II. Apartment Defense…
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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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How to spend 48 Hours in Rapid City without breaking the bank while having a blast
Look, you’re here. Maybe you’re on a business trip and your partner has the only car, or maybe you’re a family who realized that the “Tourist Traps” in the Hills are eating your kids’ college fund. Either way, stop panicking. You don’t need a car to see the real soul of this city. Just put…
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Rapid’s New Rides: Delivering Comfort and Dignity to the Daily Commute
Arriving early for the ribbon cutting ceremony I took a seat in the sun, expecting a crowd. After all, Rapid City is a booming town, and infrastructure news usually draws a few people. Instead, the sidewalk was mostly quiet. A haggard mother walked by, pushing a stroller and wrangling four other children—two little girls dancing…
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A South Dakota Digital Loophole Closed: How SB 41 Arms Law Enforcement to Take Down Creators & Distributors of AI Deepfakes
Why This Concerns You When hyper-realistic, explicit deepfakes of celebrities like Taylor Swift flooded the internet, it brought federal outrage to the deepfake crisis. But pop stars aren’t the reason South Dakota is finally rewriting its criminal code. While the cameras were focused on Hollywood, the actual casualties were piling up in local high schools…
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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…
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Your DNA For Sale : How SB 49 Empowers South Dakotans on the Genetic Frontier
Just a few decades ago, human DNA was a mystery unraveled only in highly secured, sterile laboratories. The first Human Genome Project took 13 years and billions of dollars just to map a single genetic sequence. Today? You can spit half a teaspoon of raw saliva into a plastic tube, mail it to a tech…
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What South Dakota’s New Crypto ATM Law Means: Breaking Down SB 98
What is the Bill? On July 1st, the “Wild West” era of cryptocurrency in South Dakota officially comes to an end. Under Senate Bill 98, any business operating a cryptocurrency ATM in the state must play by a strict new set of rules. New Crypto ATM Mandates Why is the Bill Needed Cryptocurrency might be…