Rapid City News Room (725 items)

CITY RECEIVES $1.1 MILLION DOT GRANT TO FURTHER PLANNING EFFORTS FOR RAILROAD QUIET ZONE City officials pleased to receive highly-competitive DOT award RAPID CITY, SD—The US Department of Transportation last week announced Rapid City is one of nearly 150 communities and entities nationwide to share $1.8 billion in grant awards through the Rebuilding…

Rapid City’s population is now estimated at 82,418, an impressive 2.24 percent increase from the previous year.             Each year, the City’s Long Range Planning Division prepares a population estimate for Rapid City, utilizing data including approved building permits, housing demolitions, the 2020 Census occupancy rate and the 2020 Census…

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES AMBER CORNELLA AS CITY’S HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR **Cornella takes oath of office; **Assumes duties July 15 RAPID CITY, SD—The Rapid City Council Monday night approved Amber Cornella as director of the City’s Human Resources Department.  After the vote, Cornella was administered the oath of office by City Finance…

COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION OFFERING ‘I LOVE RAPID CITY BECAUSE..’ MESSAGE SIGNS Commission: Project Promotes Unity, Goodness of Community; Dozen varieties of messages including customized option RAPID CITY, SD—What do you love best about Rapid City? It’s rich culture? The weather? Your neighbors? Because we help each other; we’re the best small…

RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM RECORDS FOUR-YEAR HIGH IN YOUTH RIDERSHIP Overall ridership averaging more than 20,400 riders per month RAPID CITY, SD—Rapid Transit System (RTS) recorded 46,827 youth passenger trips for the 2023-24 school year, a four-year high.            The youth ridership numbers for the school year covers the…

‘RAPID GETS CREATIVE!’ TAPS CITIZENS’ ‘CREATIVE ENERGY’ FOR NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RAPID CITY, SD—City officials are reminding the public to participate in ‘Rapid Gets Creative!’, an arts-based approach to solicit citizen feedback and ideas on what should be in the City’s new Comprehensive Plan. ‘Rapid Gets Creative!’ is a creative…

ARBOR DAY 2024 HORACE MANN STUDENTS ASSISTING PARKS CREWS TO PLANT TREES THURSDAY Effort is part of Arbor Day observance RAPID CITY, SD—Horace Mann Elementary School students joined crews from the Rapid City Parks Department to plant trees at Horace Mann Park Thursday (April 25) as part of this year’s Arbor…

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…