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  A 2020 study tracking gun ownership in all 50 states shows an estimated 55% of South Dakotans have a gun in their home.    Across the country, there has been a months-long shortage of ammunition that has many of South Dakota’s gun owners concerned.    Mark Blote is the owner of First Stop Gun & Coin in Rapid City. He says some of the rumors floating around about the ammunition shortage are untrue.    “Well, you know, I guess youre hearing some people say that they think t...

A southern Black Hills compound inhabited by members of a polygamous religious sect was sold Thursday. The Custer County Sheriff’s Office conducted the

The South Dakota Speaker of the House is announcing plans for impeachment proceedings of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be removed from office.

Laura Edwards brings us a South Dakota drought outlook. Dakota Political Junkies talk the Ravnsborg interviews, articles of impeachment, and Noems call for him to resign.  On todays "In Their Own Words," we hear about a bill that would revise certain provisions regarding eligibility for parole for certain persons sentenced to life imprisonment. Rick Kahler motives us to do something most of us dread: Taxes. And we learn about a South Dakota student looking into insect-friendly field management...

February 24, 2021 Show 995 Today's "In Their Own Words" takes you inside the Senate Judiciary Committee. Members heard testimony on Senate Bill 146. It's

3:59 Just when it looked like 40 orphaned natural-gas wells in northwestern South Dakota would finally be plugged, the story took a turn into the realm of cryptocurrency.  A Texas company, Spyglass Cedar Creek, drilled the wells 15 years ago on the vast grasslands in the vicinity of Buffalo.   South Dakota was stuck holding the bag after the project failed, because the state had only required the company to post about $30,000 in bonds. Last fall, the state hired a contractor to plug the wel...

House lawmakers are introducing articles of impeachment against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for his involvement in a fatal car crash last September.

February 22, 2021 Show 993 Hour 2. In the late 1970s, the founders of the National Conservative Political Action Committee devised new methods of raising

February 22, 2021 Show 993 Hour 2. In a few moments we spend time artist Oliver Jeffers. Hes not from South Dakota. But his books help us see ourselves from far away, maybe even from space.  But first ... a little South Dakota history.  The rush of European-American settlers entering Dakota Territory after the Civil War included all kinds of people hoping for a fresh start. And not all of those people had roots in Europe. A small but significant number of Black Americans were among those dr...

For more than a decade, Sturgis wrestling was arguably the top program in the state. From 1998-2011, the Scoopers were state champions six times in Class A, five of those coming over the span of six years. They also were runner-up three-times as well over this fourteen year stretch. Longtime Sturgis wrestling coach Steve Keszler and former Scooper wrestlers Seth Lange, Nate Oviatt, Josh Keszler, and Caleb Chapman all joined the program to reminisce about this historic run.  Listen