If you re looking to buy real estate, the time is right

The old joke, I m from the government; I m here to help you, may have some truth in it these days, at least where real estate is concerned....

Playhouse supporters take to the web

State: Playhouse buildings are unsafe

TIF contract approved

Schnoor s granddaughter makes Winter Olympics

One girl s middle school dream became a reality last month when she twisted her way into the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, set for this February. Lacy Schnoor, Draper, Utah, earned her spot on the American aerial skiing team after landing a triple-twisting jump in Olympic Trials in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Schnoor said she had a 50-50 chance of landing it since she practiced the jump on the snow for the first time the day before the event....

Early morning fire engulfs garage, shop

Paul Horsted releases new book

Girls fall to Gators, hold off Patriots

The Custer High School girls basketball team used an 11-0 fourth quarter run last Friday night in the armory to outlast the winless Douglas Patriots 52-38 in a game that was much closer for longer than most people probably thought it would be for much longer than those same people thought it should have been....

Cats dominate Newell

Wrestlers show split personalities

Wrestling squad closing gap on other teams

Martinez attends 4-H Congress

Nina Martinez of Custer attended the National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, Ga., last November. She was one of four who represented South Dakota....

Custer Elementary among the healthiest schools

Advice of task force ignored by the state

It s becoming quite clear in all this Black Hills Playhouse drama that someone wants the facility moved from where it has been for over 60 years. A governor-appointed task force in 2007 came up with the draft recommendation that the Playhouse should remain in its present location. Apparently this wasn t the recommendation someone in the administration was looking for. One way to force the issue was to refuse to renew the institution s 10-year lease on the property. When the Playhouse board filed a lawsuit against the state last fall claiming it did have a lease and that it was automatically renewed, something else had to be done...

The decade of 2000-09 We survived!

Finally Obama does something right

How can county end up on EPA list?

Stanley Snider

Harold Eyrich

Betty Lou Fleming