1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (662+ words) HOT SPRINGS " Frustrations boiled over as a state regulatory board weighed whether to allow underground uranium exploration along the southern edge of the Black Hills on Tuesday. Clean Nuclear Energy Corporation and its Canada-based parent company Nexus Uranium applied for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1521+ words) A plan to drill exploratory holes in search of uranium near a southern Black Hills canyon lined with ancient Native American rock art has raised tensions ahead of a hearing next week to determine the project's fate. At a procedural…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (646+ words) The South Dakota Senate dialed back a bill meant to pay for a Capitol restoration on Tuesday in a move meant to keep discussions on the project alive as lawmakers wrestle with the state budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1362+ words) RAPID CITY, S. D. " As worldwide demand for rare earth elements and other similar minerals rises " as do tensions among the United States, China and now Greenland " South Dakota is experiencing its own debate over its reserves of what are known as…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1130+ words) PIEDMONT, S. D. " Residents and government leaders in this small western South Dakota city are in shock that the state approved a limestone mining operation without notifying them in advance about the project. Locals learned about the sprawling limestone mine set to…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (716+ words) Federal officials have chosen a long-lingering uranium mining proposal in southwestern South Dakota for an expedited permitting process. That doesn't mean the Dewey Burdock project is greenlit. Instead, it means the project will be included in FAST-41, a federal process…...