SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, July 27 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Augustana University issued the following news: The City That Ate Itself by Dr. Brian Leech, Augustana assistant professor of history, won the biennial Clark Spence Award for the Best Book in Mining History from the Mining History Association this summer. The book is about the open-pit copper mine called Berkeley Pit, which expanded for nearly three decades at the edge of Butte, Montana. Closed since 1982, the mine's years of encroa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 22 -- Massachusetts General Hospital issued the following news: Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has received a three-year award of $750,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to establish a residency program in rural South Dakota. This grant is part of a larger $20 million multi-year initiative by HRSA to expand the physician workforce in rural areas by developing new, sustainable residency programs in family medicine, internal medicin  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, July 24 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: The means of delivering care changed dramatically, in a variety of ways, during the time that Lyle Schroeder served as administrator of Sioux Valley Hospital from 1961 to 1997. Take a look at something as commonplace now as air conditioning. It's hard to imagine any building without it on a sweltering summer day. It's especially hard to imagine a hospital without it, filled with patients and employees -- and a surgica  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 22 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg today announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General, comprising 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has reached a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into a massive 2017 data breach. The investigation found that Equifax's failure to maintain a reasonable security system enabled hackers t  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 26 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that South Dakota has joined with the states of Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, and Oklahoma in approving an agreement between the United States Department of Justice, Sprint, T-Mobile and Dish Network. The agreement is part of a merger between Sprint and T-Mobile worth in excess of $26 billion. As part of the agreement, Sprint will divest   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, July 26 -- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has approved the construction permit for Sweetland Wind Farm, a wind energy facility capable of producing approximately 200 megawatts of energy near Miller, S.D. The company expects to complete the $240 million facility and begin operations by Dec. 31, 2020. However, Sweetland stated that construction will not commence until the company fi  more

LA JOLLA, California, July 24 -- The University of California's San Diego Campus issued the following news: * * * - The T. Denny Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion at UC San Diego will explore the neurobiology of compassion, revamp medical education and address the epidemic of physician burnout * * * Seeking to transform the education and well-being of current and future doctors, South Dakota businessman and philanthropist T. Denny Sanford has created a new institute at the Univers  more