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Bear Butte Rally at courthouse 2006

 

SD Governors Discuss Bear Butte

 

 

Gov. Mike Rounds on Bear Butte easement

 

 

 

 

Interviews from Black Hills Fox KEVN

11 Feb 2008 - Associated Press
 South Dakota commitee endorses a plan to protect land near Bear Butte
A South Dakota House committee has endorsed Gov. Mike Rounds' plan to protect some land near Bear Bu... full story
11 Feb 2008 - AP
 Committee approves governor's plan to protect Bear Butte land
 

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ A South Dakota House committee has endorsed Gov. Mike Rounds' ... full story

06 Feb 2008 - Associated Press
 Effort to make alcohol off-limits near Bear Butte rejected
An effort by many Native Americans to make alcohol off-limits near Bear Butte was rejected Wednesday... full story
06 Feb 2008 - AP
 Bill would ban alcohol near sacred mountain
 

 

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ Bear Butte -- near Sturgis -- is sacred to American I... full story

26 Jan 2008 - Al Van Zee
 Legislators talk about Tech funding and Bear Butte at Crackerbarrel Saturday
 

Education, taxes and the budget were on the agenda this morning at the Saturday Cracker-barrel at... full story

12 Jan 2008 - Al Van Zee
 Bear Butte development issues take center stage at Crackerbarrel
 

At Saturday morning's cracker-barrel, there was sometimes heated discussion of a proposal from Go... full story

09 Jan 2008 - AP
 State senator says Indians' struggles ignored in speech
 

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) _ A state senator from Pine Ridge says Governor Rounds virtu... full story

08 Jan 2008 - Al Van Zee
 Governor gives State of the State Address
Tuesday marked the first day of the 2008 session of the South Dakota Legislature. As is the custom, ... full story
07 Jan 2008 - Jim Peterson
 Bear Butte advocates take sides
 

All of the Meade Commissioners are not on the same page when it comes to development around Bear ... full story

07 Jan 2008 - AP
 Commissioners unhappy with Rounds plan to protect Bear Butte
 

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ Meade County commissioners say they are not happy about a pla... full story

17 Dec 2007 - Al Van Zee
 Lawmaker gives Bear Butte plan conditional support
A member of the South Dakota legislature says Governor Mike Rounds consulted with him before he pre... full story
16 Dec 2007 - AP
 Rounds proposes plan to help protect Bear Butte
 

A Cheyenne River Sioux tribal member who has

sought to limit development n... full story

17 Aug 2007 - Julie Oberlander
 Storm halts I-90 traffic, closes Central States Fair
The sirens sounded in Rapid City Friday night, warning residents of the severe weather moving throug... full story
09 Aug 2007 - Karla Grueb
 Encampment near Bear Butte
While thousands have taken over here in Sturgis...a different kind of gathering is taking place at t... full story
06 Aug 2007 - Jack Caudill
 In Their Words--Jim Trotta
All this week ... we'll be taking a look at the Sturgis Rally ... through the words of the people th... full story
05 Aug 2007 - Al Van Zee
 Bear Butte
Native American leaders have announced that they will have a reduced presence at this year's Sturgis... full story
04 Aug 2007 - AP
 Bear Butte
 

American Indians again plan to have a presence at the ... full story

02 Aug 2007 - Karla Grueb
 Bear Butte prepares for prayer week
As Rally fever heats up in Sturgis...the effort to protect Bear Butte, a mountain considered sacred ... full story
26 Jul 2007 - AP
 Group to pray for Bear Butte
 

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ An American Indian group plans to hold a spiritual encampment... full story

16 Jun 2007 - Al Van Zee
 Rain near Newell flood Roads and Rivers
Rural residents around Newell and Bear Butte are cleaning up after torrential rains that caused floo... full story
07 Jun 2007 - Justin Pazera
 Jay Allen says he's shocked at Meade Co.Commission decision
Bar owner Jay Allen says he is shocked that the Meade County Commission said no to his on/off sale m... full story
06 Jun 2007 - AP
 Most alcohol licenses renewed near Bear Butte
 

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ Alcohol licenses for several businesses that operate between ... full story

05 Jun 2007 - Al Van Zee
 Liquor permit debate continues for bars near Bear Butte
The Meade County Board of Commissioners is once again considering the renewal of liquor licenses for... full story
23 May 2007 - AP
 Landowners protective of property rights
 

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) _ Preliminary results from a survey of landowners who live near Bear Butte sug... full story

08 May 2007 - Justin Pazera
 Meade School Board makes building purchase
 

The Meade School Board voted this afternoon to accept a bid from the Meade County Commissioners t... full story

31 Mar 2007 - AP
 Meade Co. District hires IA consultant for school bond
 

Opponents of nearly eight (m) million–d... full story

12 Mar 2007 - Justin Pazera
 Piedmont may get new school
Piedmont could be seeing a new elementary school by the end of 2009. That's if voters approve a proj... full story
13 Feb 2007 - Associated Press
 Legislators Kill Bear Butte Bill
An effort by American Indians to protect a sacred mountain in the Black Hills by making the area off... full story
13 Feb 2007 - Associated Press
 Bear Butte buffer bill rejected
 

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) _ An effort by American Indians to protect a sacred mountain in ... full story

10 Feb 2007 - Al Van Zee
 Abortion and Bear Butte top Crackerbarrel
 

Issues like abortion and Bear Butte were discussed at a meeting this morning between legislators ... full story

08 Feb 2007 - Associated Press
 American Indians seek limit on booze sales near Bear Butte
A South Dakota House committee was urged Thursday to approve a measure that would ban businesses tha... full story