Category Archives: Local News
Over 1,400 Passengers Use Pierre Regional Airport In September
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Month over month enplanements at Pierre Regional Airport continue to grow. Airport Liaison to the Pierre City Commission Jamie Huizenga says September set the bar for 2025 so far... ...
Oct 07, 2025
Utility Protecting Guardrails Proving Worth Already
PIERRE, (KCCR) - The Pierre City Commission approved a small change order and payment to close out a project to install protective guardrails along three areas of electrical infrastructure on 4th Stre...
Oct 07, 2025
Hughes County Commission Approves Rare Rescinding Of Restrictive Covenant
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Hughes County Commission made the rare approval of removing a restrictive covenant mating two parcels of land together. Hughes County Director of Equalization Eric Booth says res...
Oct 07, 2025
Regional Economic Survey Continuing To Show Hiring Struggles
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- Regional hiring continues to struggle according to the September Mid America Business Conditions Index. Creighton University Economics Professor Dr. Ernie Goss says last months evalu...
Oct 07, 2025
Pierre City Commission To Meet Tonight
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- It will be one of the shortest agendas for the Pierre City Commission to date. There are no action items on this week's agenda for new or unfinished business. The only business for t...
Oct 07, 2025
Fort Pierre City Council Keeps Tatonka Trail Project Alive With Approval Of Phase II Agreement
FORT PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Fort Pierre City Council has voted to finish the Takanka Trail. The future of that project and the entire cost of it falling back on the city hinged on the Monday evening vo...
Oct 07, 2025
Lower Costs Letting Bureau Of Administration Make More Repairs To State Capitol
PIERRE, (KCCR) - More work is planned to make repairs to the interior of the South Dakota State Capitol and at no extra cost to taxpayers. The Capitol Complex Beautification and Restoration Commission...
Oct 06, 2025
Drought Conditions Continue Steady Improvement In South Dakota
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- It's been a wet year so far and the impact of that rain is being seen with significant reductions in drought in South Dakota. Last week's update of the U-S Drought Monitor for the st...
Oct 06, 2025
Wrestling, Fine Arts Facility Expansion Moving Forward For T.F. Riggs High School
PIERRE, (KCCR) -- The Pierre School Board has approved moving forward with a proposed wrestling and fine arts expansion at T-F Riggs High School. Business Manager Travis Dovre says cost estimates for ...
Oct 06, 2025
Finish Work On Curb And Gutters Next Update As Euclid Project Nears 2025 End
PIERRE, (KCCR) - Curb and gutter work is the next part of the Euclid Avenue reconstruction project. Morris Incorporated Operations Manager T-J Gallagher says the curb and gutter work will take place a...
Oct 06, 2025
