Lee Strubinger
Reporter/ProducerLee Strubinger is SDPB’s Rapid City-based news and political reporter. A former reporter for Fort Lupton Press (CO) and Colorado Public Radio, Lee holds a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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The number of South Dakota Medicaid expansion enrollees is down from what was originally anticipated.
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Nieman Enterprises says it’s laying off 50 employees—roughly a quarter of its staff at Spearfish Forest Products.
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Organizers for a street race in downtown Sturgis are making a final pitch to the community ahead of a vote on whether the race should happen.
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Two West River tribes are giving a Rapid City-based women’s health clinic a month to turn around its program. The Native American centered pre-natal care clinic in question has reportedly seen zero patients since last April.
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The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is reacting to the South Dakota governor showing up to a meeting between tribes and the federal government last week. The Pine Ridge leader said the Republican governor's actions were a distraction.
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Construction on a memorial to honor the nearly 50 documented children who died at a Rapid City Indian Boarding school starts soon
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The move will cut the time before you can return to camp in the forest in half.
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A southern Black Hills senator took aim at the South Dakota Senate on the final legislative day.
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The Black Hills National Forest is seeking input on what to do with a nearly 90-year-old dam in Spring Creek just east of Hill City.
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State Sen. Lee Schoenbeck will not return to the state capitol next year. The Watertown Republican was first elected to the legislature in 1995 and he’s served four different terms since then.