Rapid City News Room (730 items)

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…

Rapid City, S.D. – In alignment with the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, the Rapid City Police Department will participate in saturation patrols during the nationwide law enforcement mobilization campaign known as ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.’ The campaign runs through January 1st, 2018. The RCPD has added officers…

Staff Picks Favorites in Movies, Music, Meals, TV Shows, Treats RAPID CITY, SD--When it comes to their favorite Christmas and holiday traditions in movies, music and meals, City employees are very diverse and varied in their selections.             More than 100 City staff participated in a survey this week, with…