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FAITH draws myriad artists

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:54am

The Fine Arts in the Hills (FAITH) Show and Sale featured artists of various media this year. According to Hill City Arts Council board president Sherry Liddell, because of the different media it was not a judged show as in years past.
The new format,  however, allowed for different artists, including first-time show attendee Stacey Brown from Rapid City.
Brown works with fused glass to create landscapes. The glass is fired three to four times in a kiln fired at 1450 degrees. She creates her artwork with layered glass either powdered or frit (chopped up).

Restroom talk comes to a head

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:53am

Discussion about public restrooms in Keystone came to a head at the June 15 town board meeting.
“Where do you think a guy could put them?” asked  Derek Alexander, who for the second meeting in a row asked the town to put some sort of restrooms by his Comfort Inn property on  Swanzey Street.
“I don’t think we budgeted for this,” said Trustee  Casey McNulty, who questioned the need for restrooms at that end of town, citing that both the Ramada hotel and Sprockets Fun Foundry have restrooms for public use.

School board talks election results, money

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:53am

During the Hill City School District Board of Education meeting June 13, the results of the school board election were discussed. It was estimated that 48.16 percent of the registered voters in the school district voted in the election which was held in conjunction with a regular municipal election.

Keystone Museum gets Deadwood grant

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:52am

The Deadwood Trust for Historic  Preservation  awarded  a $5,000 grant to the Keystone Museum for its chimney repair.
According to museum director Casey Sullivan employees and board members noticed about six or seven months ago that the chimney was starting to fall apart. Although not certain that the chimney issues were related to the leaks noticed in the building, the chimney was covered with a tarp as a precaution and there have been no obvious leaks since.

Woman injured by buffalo

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:33am

A woman was hospitalized following an encounter with a buffalo near Wildlife Loop Road last Thursday morning.
At 11:21 a.m. a call came to Custer County Dispatch reporting a 19-year-old Colorado woman had been hit by a buffalo, had an injured leg and could not walk.
Custer State Park reported on its page that while hiking with a companion, and a dog the group came over a hill on a ungroomed trail and surprised a small herd of bull bison. One of the bulls charged the dog and hit the female visitor.

Fire held to single room

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:30am

The Custer Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire in the 100 block of north 3rd Street at 12:24 a.m. June 17 in Custer.
First arriving volunteer firefighters found a free burning fire, with a moderate smoke condition, in the interior of an occupied residential structure.
Firefighters held the fire to the room of origin, preventing the spread of flames to additional area of the structure.   There were no reports of injuries to firefighters civilians or domestic animals.  

Locally filmed movie to be released in July

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:29am

Nearly three years after filming at locations around the Black Hills including Four Mile Old West Town west of Custer and more than five years after it was first conceived, the western horror/thriller movie “Black Wood” will premier nationally next month.
Rapid City filmmaker Chris Canfield, the movie's writer and director, sent an email to those involved in the production last week to announce that Saban Films has acquired the domestic rights to the film which will result in a limited theatrical release on July 22 followed by video on demand (VOD) availability on July 26.

District 30 Senate recount next week

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:28am

The official recount in the election for District 30 senator will take place next Monday and Tuesday.
When the election results were tallied for the primary election June 7, current senator Julie Frye-Mueller was ahead of challenger Tim Goodwin, a current District 30 representative, by the thinnest of margins, capturing 2,848 votes compared to Goodwin’s 2,802. This was within the margin for Goodwin to request a recount.

Residents charged up over lithium claims

Published by admin on Thu, 06/23/2022 - 11:27am

Aided by a front page article in last week’s Chronicle, word-of-mouth and social media, the word is quickly getting out about hundreds of lithium mining claims that have been staked on public lands in Custer County, and opposition is mounting by the day.

Daughter of Warren Jeffs says she ‘always knew’ she would leave FLDS

Published by admin on Thu, 06/16/2022 - 9:50am

Jaska Jeffs has no desire to see her father.
“No way,” she said. “Absolutely not.”
Jaska is trying to distance herself from her past, a past that includes her father, infamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) leader Warren Jeffs, who is serving life in prison for a variety of sex crimes against children.
She hasn’t spoken to her father since she was 11 years old, and has no plans to do so.