Rapid City woman named to National Dart Association board Rapid City Journal 

Traci Noteboom has been named to the board of directors for the National Dart Association.  Noteboom has served as the dart league coordinator for Rushmore Amusement in Rapid City for the past 15 years and regularly volunteers at the South...

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School board sets guidelines for homework expectations Rapid City Journal 

A move to all-day kindergarten and the implementation of the Common Core State Standards are triggering policy changes by the Rapid City Area Schools Board of Education. A change to the homework policy gives the superintendent the power to...

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Rapid City schools recruiting teachers for next school year Rapid City Journal 

With approximately 60 job openings listed on the Rapid City Area Schools website, the district says it is actively recruiting teachers regionally and nationally for the next school year. The number of openings is typical for this time of year,...

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Black Hawk Elementary School gets over $364,000 grant for sidewalks Rapid City Journal 

Tamie Hopp wont have to worry quite as much if her daughter decides to walk or ride her bike to class in the near future after Black Hawk Elementary School announced Wednesday that it had received $364,100 to build a new sidewalk to the school. I’m...

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Cat in the Hat visits kindergarten students Rapid City Journal 

Kindergarten students at Badger Clark Elementary School got a visit Wednesday from the Cat in the Hat.  The Cat walked in to the library and acted out the Dr. Seuss story as it was read to the students. As an extra treat, Thing 1 and Thing...

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Partnership paying off for B-1s, Mines and Ellsworth officials say Rapid City Journal 

A new agreement between the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and Ellsworth Air Force Base to repair and refurbish B-1 Bomber parts has already saved the military a half million dollars and returned four aircraft to service, according...

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It's been a record-setting winter so far — and it isn't over yet Rapid City Journal 

It was a winter that struck early with a record-breaking blizzard, dropped well below zero at its nadir, and is expected to come to a close Sunday night with — surprise, surprise — more snow. This year Rapid City is recovering from one of its...

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New standardized tests seen as way to test student knowledge, not ability to memorize Rapid City Journal 

Its a student complaint as old as education itself: how will I ever use these math equations in the real world? When it comes to addition, subtraction and multiplication, its obvious why those basic skills are needed. But students taking standardized...

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March roaring in like a polar bear in the Black Hills Rapid City Journal 

It is becoming the winter that wont quit, and today could be the icing on the cake. After a Friday in which the wind chill was as low as 25 degrees below zero, todays forecast calls for the coldest high temperature in March in 120 years in...

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Starch Madness voting has ended Rapid City Journal 

Check rapidcityjournal.com/sandwich starting March 5 to vote for your favorite local sandwich. ...