Custer County Chronicle

Land in Maude case has been farmed for years

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:54pm

Over the roughly 120 years since the United States Forest Service (USFS) was established as an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the USFS has pursued cooperative relationships with the agricultural community, particularly through managed grazing of federal lands. Its objectives published in 1905 state, “Every effort will be made to assist the stock owners to a satisfactory distribution of stock on the range in order to secure greater harmony among citizens...and to obtain a more permanent, judicious and profitable use of the range.”

County ponders smaller lot sizes

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:53pm

The housing crunch in Custer County has led to the Custer County Commission investigating the possibility of lowering the size of acreage required for home construction.
At the Aug. 21 meeting of the commission, the commission heard from county planning director Terri Kester, who presented the county planning commission’s recommendation to the county to do a statement policy for high and low-density subdivisions, which would steer county policy should the commission decide to lower the lot size required for development.

Group wants to secede from road district

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:52pm

Can members of an already-established road district secede to form their own road district?
That was the question raised at the Aug. 21 meeting of the Custer County Commission, when a member of the Saddleback Road District came before the commission to discuss the possibility of her and three other Saddleback members leaving that district to form the Concho Trail Road District.

To plat, or not to plat?

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:52pm

By Jason Ferguson

Couple to participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 2:05pm

The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Black Hills residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Founders Park in Rapid City. Custer area residents Dave and Denise Swartz will also be participating in the walk. Dave Swartz was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in recent years, and is now the first in the state to undergo a new FSA-approved treatment for Alzheimer’s known as Leqembi.

Crash ends with upside down vehicle

Published by admin on Wed, 09/04/2024 - 12:34pm

The Custer County Sheriff’s Office assisted in responding to an accident within Pennington County near the Custer County line late last Thursday evening. The name of the 58-year old driver has not been released.
When deputies arrived, the Hermosa woman was still buckled into the driver’s seat, although her 2005 Subaru Legacy was flipped upside down.

Deadline missed for November fire district vote

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 1:26pm

There will be no November vote to enact the proposed Custer Fire Protection District after a deadline to get the issue onto the November general election ballot came and went without a required resolution to establish the district being approved by the city and county.

Leave it to beaver (dam analogs)

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 1:25pm

Beaver dam analogs (BDAs) seem to be the hottest technique in stream restoration across the country. What many consider to be destructive pests are proving to be instrumental in maintaining the health of watery ecosystems in South Dakota and beyond, but by using BDAs, the benefits of beavers can be replicated without the challenges of managing a beaver population.

Fire district talk resurfaces

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 1:24pm

About an hour or so after the Custer County Commission had discussed  a fire protection district resolution failing to make this  November’s ballot the issue came up again during the public comment portion of the Aug. 21 meeting of the Custer County Commission meeting.

City gives OK to sign regulations

Published by admin on Wed, 08/28/2024 - 1:23pm

The Custer City Council passed the second reading of its new sign regulations ordinance at its Aug. 19 meeting, an ordinance that, among other things, prohibits T-shirts as permanent signage outside of a downtown store.
That doesn’t mean the current T-shirts are going away anytime soon.