SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 14, 2024, by Attorney General Merrick B. Garland at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of South Dakota: * * * Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Thank you, Alison, for that generous introduction. And for your leadership. I am grateful to be here in South Dakota, and to have the chance to thank, in person, our federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement partners gathered arou  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Aug. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Josephine Pepin, 28 Bomb Wing Public Affairs The Rural Energy Storage Deployment Program finished its final battery by installing and commissioning a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Box Elder, South Dakota, 22 July, 2024. The project is a backup power source to provide resilience for Ellsworth Air Force Base's and Rapid City Regional Airport'  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Dylan Maher, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 28th Medical Group and 28th Mission Support Group recently tested their abilities in a simulated combat zone, applying Tactical combat casualty care (TCCC), medical evacuations, and joint-integration during exercise Ready Buffalo, Aug 2, 2024. Ready Buffalo, developed by the 28th MDG, provides medical pe  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Attorney General Merrick B. Garland's participation on Aug. 14, 2024, in a tribal roundtable with nine South Dakota tribal nations at the Yankton Sioux Nation: * * * Attorney General Merrick B. Garland met yesterday with Tribal leaders and Tribal law enforcement officials from the nine South Dakota Tribal Nations at a roundtable held at the Yankton Sioux Nation to discuss public safety issues. The Attorney Ge  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The White House issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of South Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding from June 16 to July 8, 2024. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Davison, Lincoln, Tu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of South Dakota to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding from June 16 to July 8, 2024. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Davison, Lincoln, Turner and Union counties. Assistance   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Second-Degree Murder and Discharge of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime of Violence. The sentencing took place on August 1, 2024. Jerel Running Bear, age 34, was   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced two Rapid City, South Dakota, women convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death. Christina Sanchez, age 25, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised rel  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in South Dakota following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred June 16 July 8, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to South Dakota businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzmanannounced. The declaration covers Davison, Lincoln, Turner and Union counties as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: Lead, S.D. (Aug. 15, 2024) -- A ribbon-cutting event was held today at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, S.D. to mark the completion of excavation work for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility/Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (LBNF/DUNE), an international project led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Th  more