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Power to be Restored to 500 People
Lacreek Electric representatives said they expect 500 more people in the reservation area to have power.
Lacreek Electric Association in Martin restored power Friday to Wanblee and some scattered residences, but more than 375 people remain without power Saturday morning.
Western SD blizzard, a week later: 'It's tough out here'
With the blizzard almost a week past and the temperature near 50, Reed Richardson was warming toward optimism Wednesday afternoon as he stood near the open door to his unheated store and soaked up the sun.
Work crews furiously try to restore power
Since Wednesday's blizzard toppled transmission lines and snapped power poles, 1,670 people from across the Northern Plains and the Cheyenne River and Pine Ridge Indian reservations have lived without power.
Methodist Church members make donations to Wanblee relief
LaRee Mayes couldn't help but express her satisfaction as she bent to lay a case of bottled water on a front seat of the bus.
Wanblee bouncing back from blizzard
Stephanie Richards stared at herself in the bathroom mirror and began the first of many long brush strokes through her wet black hair.
Blizzard hits Wanblee residents hard
Spending five days without electricity or running water has been an ordeal for people in Wanblee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
S.D. Guard crew uses helicopter to lift four people to hospital after blizzard
A National Guard crew today used a Blackhawk helicopter to evacuate four people - three of whom are in need of dialysis treatments - from Wanblee to the Pine Ridge Hospital, the guard said in a statement ...
Wanblee man charged with biting off lip
Assault and maiming charges have been filed against a Wanblee man accused of biting off a chunk of another man's lip.
S.D. man indicted for biting off part of another man's lip
Federal grand jurors indicted a Wanblee man last week for biting off part of another man's lip.
SBHS' Kaufman named top SD history teacher
Stephanie Kaufman, a government and history teacher at Sturgis Brown High School, has been selected as the Preserve America History Teacher of the Year for South Dakota.
Feds file new charges in 1975 murder
Federal prosecutors filed a new complaint Friday against a Canadian man less than two hours after a judge dismissed the indictment in the slaying of an indigenous Canadian woman 32 years ago.
Church leaders on reservation seek ways to prevent closures
Members from each of the nine small Episcopal churches on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation slated for closure met in Kyle on Sept.
John Graham asks judge to dismiss murder indictment
The defense attorney for murder suspect John Graham has filed a motion asking that the indictment against Graham be dismissed, arguing that the U.S. District Court does not have jurisdiction over the case.
Neb. man charged with driving drunk, killing 2
Associated Press - September 12, 2008 8:45 AM ET RAPID CITY, S.D. - Federal prosecutors say a Rushville, Neb., man drove drunk and killed two residents of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation who were walking ...
Two killed in accident near Pine Ridge
Callonie Randall, 26, Wanblee, and Robert Whirlwind Horse, 22, Manderson, died Wednesday in an auto-pedestrian accident.
U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson visits Key City
The white van made its way through the streets Monday afternoon, with Sturgis Mayor Maury LaRue at the wheel.
Water meaningful issue for rural South Dakotans
They had a big celebration down in Wanblee on Wednesday to mark the official delivery of Missouri River water from an intake pipe north of Fort Pierre to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Ceremony marks milestone in water pipeline project
Generations of people living on Pine Ridge have had unhealthy drinking water, if any running water at all.
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Dykstra uses Dakotafest to press Johnson to debate
Associated Press - August 20, 2008 2:45 PM ET MITCHELL, S.D. - The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in South Dakota says incumbent Democrat Tim Johnson's decision not to debate is more of an issue with ...
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