Shane Eagan News Today

BLACK HILLS, S.D. - With a decent amount of precipitation over the past couple of weeks, the Black Hills region has seen favorable conditions leading into peak wildfire season.

A few days ago, Campbell County residents woke up to snow falling outside their windows on Easter morning.

Bitter cold will hit Gillette over the next few days with high temperatures projected below zero and wind chills reaching as low as the 50-below mark.

A holiday-season snowstorm is expected for Campbell County and Gillette, lasting throughout Thanksgiving Day and bringing cold temperatures through the weekend.

Members of the incident management team working on the Ridge Creek Fire spoke Sunday to hundreds of local citizens, many attending a community meeting in Athol in person and others viewing and asking questions via a livestream on the U.S. Forest Service, Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ Facebook page.

The Athol community showed up strong Sunday to ask questions and gather communications from the emergency response team on the Ridge Creek Fire.

The National Weather Service said yesterday's heat in Rapid City set a new daily temperature record. There were high temps across the state.