PIERRE - The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a former church camp director's convictions for statutory rape and sexual contact with a minor.

More than 20 states opt out of millions of federal dollars for abstinence education saying program guidelines are too strict and don't slow sexual activity.

The US Forest Service is considering ways of reducing the risk of catastrophic fires and mountain pine beetle infestations on 43,000 acres in the Black Hills National Forest in southwest South Dakota and ...