Rapid City News Room (732 items)
November 16, 2021
City Offices Serving As Salvation Army Angel Tree Gift Locations
RAPID CITY, SD—The City is again participating this season in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program with multiple tree locations. The public is encouraged to stop by one of the City’s Angel Tree locations, pick up a gift tag from the Angel Tree containing a child’s holiday gift wish, shop…
RAPID CITY, SD—The City is offering an option for the public to monitor daily and hourly air quality conditions in Rapid City. The ‘Air Quality Index’ feature link can be found at two locations on the City’s home page at www.rcgov.org , in the Community Bookmark and ‘What’s News…
News reached City Hall today via social media of the death of Dr. Richard Gowen, former long-time president of South Dakota Mines. A member of the South Dakota Hall of Fame, Dr. Gowen was instrumental in many local endeavors, pushing South Dakota Mines to a level of national prominence and…
November 10, 2021
Time to Festoon! City Crews Begin Decorating for the Holiday Season
CITY CREWS BEGIN DECORATING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Crews festooning Halley Park, Wilson Park, downtown with lights, decorations, wreaths for Christmas season RAPID CITY, SD—City crews are busy this week connecting strings of colored lights, tightening and checking bulbs and fluffing up decorations, transforming downtown Rapid City and major park…
Crews from the Rapid City Parks Division are busy winterizing the rose flower beds in Halley Park and Memorial Park this week. City Greenhouse Specialist John Berglund said he has been waiting for Mother Nature to intervene and drop leaves from trees that can be collected to provide…
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November 03, 2021
Record Numbers Turned Out For City's Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Event
RECORD NUMBERS TURNED OUT FOR CITY’S HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL EVENT More than 1,100 vehicles brought in 5,000 gallons of material; Food, cash donations will result in 10,286 meals RAPID CITY, SD—This month’s Household Hazardous Waste Disposal event produced overwhelming numbers of collected waste material. The event was held October 16…
CITY SALES TAX RECEIPTS SURPASS $3 MILLION FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH Totals top $10 million for June-August period RAPID CITY, SD—The results are in and for Rapid City, it was a record-setting summer. Sales tax revenue surpassed the $3 million mark for a third consecutive month in August as the…
October 14, 2021
Tree Limbs, Branches: Go to the Rapid City Landfill
2:15 p.m. Thursday Update: City officials indicate the containers at the remote yard waste locations at Floyd Fitzgerald Stadium and West Boulevard North are overwhelmed with material. All available containers are being utilized. The public is advised to use the Rapid City Landfill to drop off tree limbs and branches. …
WINTER STORM ATLAS ANNIVERSARY IS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT, PLAN AHEAD Officials Say Now Is Time To Prepare For Upcoming Season; City Shares Messages, Snow Policies, Facts RAPID CITY, SD—Sunday marked the eighth anniversary of the weather system nicknamed 'Winter Storm Atlas' or 'The Great Blizzard of 2013' or 'The Cattlemen's…
4,200 passenger trips recorded; Highest number since onset of COVID-19 RAPID CITY, SD—Rapid Transit System (RTS) recorded more than 4,200 youth passenger trips in September, the first month of the 2021-22 school year. The total is the highest number of youth passenger trips for a month since the onset of…