Arielle Zionts
Reporter/ProducerBased at SDPB’s Black Hills Studio in Rapid City. She works as the business and economic development beat reporter.
Previously produced for Interfaith Voices and reported for the Nogales International in Arizona and the Rapid City Journal.
Local news, podcast, cycling, and cat enthusiast
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Rapid City is staying neutral even though its economy would benefit from the plan. -
The donation will help fund the Nucor Mineral Industries Building to replace an aging classroom and research facility that contains asbestos.
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However harsher punishment for fatal crashes doesn’t always result in fewer pedestrian fatalities.
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An SDPB investigation shows most drivers who are not legally intoxicated and accidentally kill pedestrians avoid felonies and jail time.
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The Black Hills National Forest is working with stakeholders to protect and balance recreation, business, the environment and grazing land as it sees an explosion in off-road vehicle riders.
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Protests haven't stopped after the hotel manager said the hotel does not support the owner's statements and will not implement a ban.
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A 2015 outbreak impacted 50 million birds in 15 states. It cost the federal government nearly $1 billion and caused egg prices to spike.
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A popular conservative response to calls to boycott Russian oil is to restart the Keystone XL pipeline. But the pipeline company has already moved on and is selling land and other assets.
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"This has been possibly one of the longest, if not the longest, dockets that we have had," said Gary Hanson with the Public Utilities Commission.
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About 100 South Dakotans have relied on bottled water and a filtration system for nearly four years after Ellsworth Air Force Base learned it was contaminating drinking water with dangerous chemicals.
