Driving into the Black Hills National Forest, as the road gains elevation, raindrops hitting the windshield slow down and start swirling in the air. It’s snowing in late April, a welcome sight ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A marathon is making its way back to the Black Hills this weekend for those daring enough to try it. The Mickelson Trail Marathon has branded itself as “26.2 miles of ...

The Lakota named the area Pahá Sápa — ”hills that are black” — for the looming, dark ponderosa pines that have been recorded to live as long as 700 years.