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Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman is inviting everyone to come out to the new centralized dispatch center which is now in operation.

KNBN NewsCenter1 May 7, 2021 Leslie Millard, Marketing Communications Specialist with Black Hills Federal Credit Union, presents a check to Jeffrey Underhill, forest silviculturist for the Black Hills National Forest Service (photo credit: Black Hills Federal Credit Union) RAPID CITY, S.D. — To celebrate Arbor Day, Black Hills Federal Credit Union made a donation of $1,100 to the Jasper Fire Reforestation Project. BHFCU teamed up with the Black Hills National Forest Service to enroll members in paperless statements; each member that switched to eStatements counted as a one dollar donation. ...

Fire Chief Van Tighem retires Posted by: fitzhugh Posted date: May 04, 2021 In: Jasper Fire Chief Greg Van Tighem is retiring from his role with the Municipality of Jasper. | File photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.ca Jasper Fire Chief Greg Van Tighem is retiring after 22 years at the head of the Jasper Fire Department and director of protective services for the Municipality of Jasper. Van Tighem took his last radio call from Jasper Dispatch April 30 at 4:30 p.m. In a news release, the municipality described Van Tighem as being instrumental in developing the J...

KNBN NewsCenter1 BH National Forest continues efforts to restore loss in Jasper Fire Every year since 2002, the U.S. Forest service has contracted with a crew of about 10 to 12 people to plant in the area of the old Jasper Fire that left over 83,500 acres burned and the soil in the area barren. April 23, 2021 BLACK HILLS, S.D. — It’s the mission to bring trees back to the Black Hills. Every year since 2002, the U.S. Forest service has contracted with a crew of about 10 to 12 people to plant in the area of the old Jasper Fire that left over 83,500 acres burned and the soil in the area barr...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Apr 23, 2021 7:02 AM Over the course of two and a half weeks, the Black Hills National Forest will oversee the planting of over 153,000 ponderosa pine seedlings across approximately 400 acres, to help reforest the old Jasper fire area on the Hell Canyon Ranger District. “Each contract employee plants about 1,000 trees per day! We try and get at least 10,000 trees planted each day, although we have accomplished as many as 15,000 trees a day in really good weather,” said Nancy Bayne, Hell Canyon Ranger District Silviculturist. In 2000, the Jasper Fire burned over 8...