It turns out the liquor store building is going to be a liquor store after all.

At the Aug. 23 special meeting of the Custer City Council, the council unanimously approved the bid proposals from Bobbie Alexander that will see Alexander pay the city $1,000 a month for the 15-month lease of its off sale liquor operating agreement it was using when it ran the municipal liquor store, and another $500 a month for a 15-month lease of the building.

After 22 years of leading his flocks, Pastor Robert Anderson retired from the pulpit last Sunday.

Anderson preached at both Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Custer and Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Hill City since 1988. He also led services at the State Treatment and Rehabilitation (STAR) Academy for juveniles for over a dec

Last year, in Newcastle, Luke Roddy had a chance to be a hero, but an overtime field goal sailed wide right, and the Wildcat football team lost a 15-14 heartbreaker to the Dogies in Wyoming.

This year, Roddy was on the good side of the uprights.

Roddy booted a 25-yard field goal as time expired last Friday night at Wildcat field, giving Custer a 15-12 season opening victory, erasing last year’s bad memory and getting Custer’s season off on the right foot—literally.

Several new teachers will educate Custer county students this year, most of them at Hermosa Elementary School.

Laura Armstrong is teaching a section of fourth grade at Hermosa. She is originally from Elkton and went to college at South Dakota State University. Her expe

We’ve been talking to dozens of people directly connected to the Black Hills tourism industry the past couple of weeks and we can relay to you that it has been a very good year so far for the industry. Reports range from “a lot better than last year” to “great.” That’s good news for all of our Black Hills communities because we depend so heavily on seasonal visitors for our economic success. Every year we begin by wondering how it will be this year, but every year our visitors continue to come to enjoy our beautiful scenery and natural attraction