PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre City Commission was given a virtual tour of sorts of the new Workforce Development and Education Center in Pierre. South Dakota Department of Health officials presented a slide show walk-through of the building that will also house an expanded state health laboratory. Deputy Lab Director La...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Drought has expanded its grip on South Dakota. This week's update of the U-S Drought Monitor for the state shows a massive expansion of abnormally dry areas across the state. Abnormally dry areas have moved up the Missouri River Valley and is not 79-percent of the state. Drought free areas declined se...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- April camping use at South Dakota state park and recreation areas was down. Parks Division Director Jeff VanMeetern with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says a cool spring impacted camping use... Camping services revenue for April is down about 200-thousand dollars however annual camp...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Riverfront Broadcasting is growing again across South Dakota. Multiple broadcasting industry websites are reporting that Riverfront has agreed, pending regulatory approval by the Federal Communications Commission to purchase a cluster of stations in Watertown from Connoisseur Media. Connoisseur purcha...

PIERRE, (KCCR) -- One of the oldest municipal bands in the state is preparing for a full 2026 at the Steamboat Park Amphitheater. Rod Bauck, Mike Vassel and Gage Ruhlman are starting their second year guiding the Capital City Band and Bauck says they are starting a little later this year... This history of the Capital ...

The Stanley County Buffalo track and field team would compete in Kimball on Thursday and the team would grab two wins to close out its busy week. Jaxton Hoftiezer would win the discus throw for the Buffaloes on the boys side while Brianna Sargent, Brylee Larson, Austyn Norman and Addy Deal would win the girls 4x200 rel...

The Pierre Governor baseball team is home this weekend taking on Mitchell in the first round best-of-three series with a trip to the state tournament on the line as the Govs will play Friday and Saturday. These two teams met back the day after Easter on a cool Monday afternoon as Mitchell would sweep the Governors at h...

The Pierre Track and Field team will be in Watertown on Saturday to participate in the ESD meet with the season under two weeks to go before the state meet. The Governors had 20 wins and over 100 personal bests on Tuesday at home at the Capital City Qualifier, the third of three home meets of the season. Now, the Govs ...

The Pierre Governor golf team will be in Mitchell today for its lone event of the week as the season continues to wind down with just a few invites remaining. The Governors last competed last Thursday in Huron and had a chance to get more practice in with warm weather this week. The Governors have just three remaining ...

Pierre's Carter Sanderson and captain of the Muskegon Lumberjacks will be in the state of South Dakota this weekend playing in the Clark Cup Championship against the Sioux Falls Stampede. The Lumberjacks would split the two games with the Stampede in January, the first time Sanderson returned to the state since playing...

President Donald Trump said China is interested in buying oil from the United States, adding energy to the list of issues tied to the relationship bet...

U.S. officials are urging China to use its influence with Iran as concerns continue over Tehran's actions in the Gulf. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

President Donald Trump's state visit to China is set to put trade, diplomacy, and global security on the same table as he meets with Chinese President...

President Donald Trump said China is interested in buying oil from the United States, adding energy to the list of issues tied to the relationship bet...

We take a deep dive into the quirks and nuances of the 2026 NFL schedule, some of them good for teams and not so good for others.

Some teams got the short end of the schedule stick with Thursday night's release, while others got a slate that would've made last year's Patriots blush.