The City of Custer is enlisting the help of downtown business owners to help rewrite the city’s sign ordinance, which city community development director Rex Harris described as “outdated and poorly written, at best” at the regular meeting of the city council June 15.
As a result of the slipshod ordinance, many signs downtown are violating city [...]

On Monday, June 8, Crazy Horse Memorial was able to make a few dreams come true when a van ride to the top was offered to those who are physically unable to walk the 10K (6.2 mile) trek to the outstretched arm of Crazy Horse. Crazy Horse staff Duane Straw and Steve Cullum drove 58 [...]

 
 
 
 
Paced by strong finishes in four relays, the Custer High School girls track team worked its way to tie for second place at the Class A state track meet last weekend in Rapid City and Spearfish.
“The girls did a good job,” head coach Craig Black said. “They really performed.”

You have to go back a long way—25 [...]

The Custer Youth and Alumni Foundation (CYAF) has announced its scholarship and teacher grant award winners for 2009.  
Zachary Beam, a graduate of the Custer High School class of 2006, was awarded the first Red Zacher Scholarship…
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My temple meeting the passenger side window stirred me awake. As I rubbed my eyes into focus, I looked left to my brother, Sam, and asked, “Is it possible for you not to hit all the potholes in the road?”
He looked up from the road atlas resting on his lap and steering wheel. After a [...]

Kevin John Thomson was born Dec. 10, 1961, at Arlington, Va., to John Edward and Loretta Irene (Hayes) Thomson. A local artist, he died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at his home in Custer, S.D. He was 47.
Kevin is survived by one sister and two brothers.
A private family memorial service will be held at a later [...]