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ScienceMay 14, 2026

Postal Service releases special edition bald eagle stamps for America's 250th

The U.S. Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps featuring the bald eagle for America's 250th birthday

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ScienceJun 28, 2025

Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

In the time before widespread vaccination, young children often lost their lives to devastating infectious diseases that ran rampant in America

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ScienceAug 18, 2023

Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collection

A South Dakota museum is closing after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff

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Government and politicsNov 21, 2022

Bison spread as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship

Indigenous groups in the U.S. and Canada are leading efforts to restore bison across North America more than a century after European settlers drove the species to near extinction

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BusinessJul 7, 2022

Huge underground search for mysterious dark matter begins

Scientists have begun a new search for mysterious dark matter in a former gold mine a mile underground

ScienceDec 15, 2021

South Dakota hospitals strained as holiday gatherings loom

South Dakota’s largest hospital systems are warning that they are strained and pushing off medical care as the state’s hospitals fill with the highest number of people infected with COVID-19 since the beginning of 2021

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General newsSep 15, 2021

Climate change, logging collide -- and a forest shrinks

Government scientists say the pace of logging in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest is too much and the forest is shrinking

General newsSep 13, 2021

Badlands National Park to build new visitor center

Badlands National Park in South Dakota will build a new visitor center in the southeast section of the park

General newsAug 4, 2021

South Dakota sees rise in virus cases, jump in delta variant

South Dakota health officials report coronavirus cases jumped by 68% last week as more cases of the delta virus were identified