Rapid City News Room (727 items)

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES AWARDING OF BID ON WATER RECLAMATION PROJECT RAPID CITY, SD—At its meeting Monday night (April 15), the Rapid City Council approved a bid award to PKG Contracting, Inc. of Fargo, ND for the City’s Water Reclamation Facility South Plant Improvements Project.  The bid award of $172.3 million is the…
CITY DEER HARVEST YIELDS 5,576 POUNDS OF MEAT FOR DONATION Meat from 200 deer donated to Feeding South Dakota Nearly 55,000 pounds donated over past 10 years RAPID CITY, SD—Nearly 5,600 pounds of meat have been donated to Feeding South Dakota as a result of this winter’s annual City deer harvest.             Nearly…
RAPID CITY RANKS HIGH AMONGST HAPPIEST PLACES TO LIVE WalletHub ranks Rapid City & Sioux Falls among top tier of 182 ranked cities for happiness RAPID CITY, SD (February 29, 2024)—Rapid City and Sioux Falls are ranked among the nation’s happiest cities to live in the nation in a report released this…
CITY COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE ROUTE LINKING RAPID CITY TO EAST/WEST AREAS RAPID CITY, SD (March 5, 2024)—At Monday night’s meeting, the Rapid City Council approved a resolution in support of bringing passenger rail service back to Rapid City.             The Federal Railroad Administration last month identified several possible…
ONLINE FEATURE ALLOWS PUBLIC TO KEEP UPDATED ON CITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS City’s home page invites public to check out project info/updates RAPID CITY, SD—With unseasonably pleasant weather conditions, various construction projects are or will be getting underway in the city.  Residents can keep updated on construction public service announcements by visiting…
CITIZEN CONTACT LEADS TO INSTALLATION OF FLASHING PEDESTRIAN BEACON SIGNS Tracy Witte’s letter to City’s Disability Advocacy Committee shares concerns for Black Hills Works participants, coworkers, public; leads to changes on Mt. Rushmore Road, Mt. View Road RAPID CITY, SD (March 4, 2024)—Thanks to the dedicated efforts of a local citizen…
CITY APPROVED FOR STATE GRANT TO REMOVE DEAD & DISEASED TREES **Contractors to focus on north Rapid City neighborhoods RAPID CITY, SD (February 19, 2024)—Beginning this month, contractors will begin removing dead and diseased trees in the north Rapid City area.  The work is funded through a $90,000 grant awarded last month…
**HELP WANTED** PARKS & REC SEEKS SEASONAL HELP IN MANY AREAS Lifeguards, Concessions, Golf Course, Parks/Landscape Maintenance, Cemetery Maintenance, Greenhouse Workers Needed RAPID CITY, SD (March 22, 2024)—It won't be long before pools will be filled with swimmers, plots with blooming flowers, golf courses with linksters and park areas with plush green…
A YEAR IN REVIEW CITY GRANTS DIVISION MANAGER TO PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION RAPID CITY, SD—In its first year of operations, the City’s Grants Division has secured $4.67 million in state and federal grant funding with another $15.6 million pending in submitted grant applications.             City Grants…
Rapid City Regional Airport Set a new record for passenger enplanements in 2023 RAPID CITY, S.D. (01/15/2024) Rapid City Regional Airport set a new record for passenger enplanements in 2023, with 352,388 passengers boarding flights. This number exceeds the previous record of 350,960 set in 2019, and represents an increase…

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