Rapid City News Room (722 items)

Daily use reaches 800 youth passenger trips RAPID CITY, SD--It's only Thursday and use of the RapidRide's transit system by the community's youth has surpassed records each day this week.             On Monday, a record was set with 795 youth passenger trips provided on the RapidRide system.  The Roosevelt Route,…

February 12 event is Mayor's seventh public meeting before special Council session Local group offerings continuing RAPID CITY--Mayor Steve Allender has scheduled an additional public presentation on the future of the Civic Center's Barnett Arena.             The presentation is scheduled for Monday, February 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic…

The City Council provided formal approval Tuesday night to Mayor Steve Allender's selection of 22-year Rapid City Fire Department veteran Rod Seals as the City's new fire chief.  Seals becomes the community's 18th fire chief. After the confirmation vote, Seals took the oath of office from Finance Director Pauline Sumption. …

AIRPORT SEES RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS RAPID CITY, SD - The Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) is proud to announce a record breaking year for 2017. Total passengers were 595,936, which is a 1% increase over our previous record year in 2010 of 591,600 passengers. Passenger enplanements (total number of…

City Council Confirmation Scheduled Tuesday; Seals Would Be City's 18th Fire Chief RAPID CITY, SD--Mayor Steve Allender has selected Rod Seals, a 22-year veteran of the Rapid City Fire Department, to be the City's next fire chief.  Seals has been serving as fire chief in an interim capacity since the…

For many years, the employees of the Rapid City Municipal Finance Office have decided, instead of exchanging Christmas gifts with each other, they would collect donations for a local non-profit agency.  Employees are asked to submit non-profits they would like to have considered and once the organization is selected by…

RAPID CITY, SD (1/8/2018)--Rapid City Regional Airport announced Monday that United Airlines will be offering weekly nonstop flights to Newark, NJ, beginning June 23, bringing the number of nonstop destinations served by Rapid City to eleven.  The seasonal route will be operated by Republic Airways and will continue on Saturdays…

$92.5 million permit to RC Regional Hospital comes on heels of second consecutive $300 million year in permit valuation RAPID CITY, SD--Rapid City's Building Services Division issued the largest building permit in the City's history Thursday.  The permit, with a valuation of $92,500,000 was issued to Rapid City Regional Hospital…

RAPID CITY, SD--The City of Rapid City is seeking applicants to fill a two-year term on the City's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.             The Parks & Recreation Advisory Board meets the second Thursday of each month.  The Board advises the City Council and Parks and Recreation Director on all…

RAPID CITY, SD--December youth ridership on the RapidRide System increased more than 63 percent over the same month in 2016, according to numbers released by the Rapid Transit System (RTS).             A total of 11,800 youth passenger trips were recorded in December, compared to 7,225 trips in December 2016--a 63.32…