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The Hammond family of Oregon was alerted recently that their BLM grazing permit had been pulled. The current Acting Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management, Laura Daniels-Davies effectively reversed a Jan.

Advocates for recreational marijuana in South Dakota argued the future of the ballot initiative process is at stake as the state Supreme Court weighs a voter-passed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana, according to documents filed last week.

Last summer Karen Birkeland and her family were camping by Pierre. As the weather was very cool, they decided to see if they could tour the State Capitol. To ten-year-old granddaughter Jaelyn, the Capitol was like a castle. She asked many times where the governor was and if she could meet her.

As South Dakota lawmakers took their initial steps Tuesday March 9, to redraw legislative districts, they were warned they will likely be working on a tight timeline and with census data that is less accurate than in previous years.

The newly organized Sons of the American Legion will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, March 17, at 7:00 p.m. at the Legion Post in Gregory.

South Dakota lawmakers put a cap on the state budget Thursday, March 11, by boosting pay for teachers, state employees and community support providers, as well as sending millions of dollars to infrastructure projects and a college scholarship fund.

Last year, BID’s co-directors Rick Messerschmidt and Gregg Drees, along with Dr. Joe Hull and Dan Vavra, conducted a comprehensive survey of all the businesses in Gregory to get a feel for how these businesses perceive the current economic future of the city and what the city can do to assist in those plans.

Dwight Hammond and his son Steven Hammond of Burns, Oregon were pardoned by President Trump in 2018, and allowed to return home after serving more than half of their five year arson sentences for the approximately 140 acres of BLM land they burned in two separate occasions in 2001 and 2006.

Last week I wrote about our routines and the power they hold to either positively or negatively affect the flow of our days. Take a moment today to think about your current evening rituals and how they are or aren’t working for you.

The Biden Administration has stated that they are committed to enacting more gun control legislation, but, locally, concerned residents intend to halt those efforts in Gregory County. Just as some major cities have declared themselves to be sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants, refusing to obey federal laws regarding immigration, so this group aims to avoid obeying federal gun control laws by becoming a second amendment sanctuary county.