Pine Ridge

PIERRE (AP) — The Indian Health Service says an embattled South Dakota reservation hospital has made improvements after being found in violation of quality care standards. IHS, the agency that administers the hospital on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, announced Friday that the...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — A Pine Ridge man accused of killing his young son has pleaded guilty in an agreement with federal prosecutors. James Shangreaux accepted a plea deal and entered the plea to a reduced charge of felony child abuse and neglect Tuesday. The Rapid City Journal says...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Pine Ridge woman accused of concealing information in a fatal shooting on the Pine Ridge Reservation has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-year-old Tiffanee Garnier is accused of having knowledge of the slaying of Vincent Brewer III on Oct. 16 and not reporting it to...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — The Indian Health Service says a new CEO has joined an embattled government-run hospital on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Mark Meersman will be responsible for managing all administrative and health care activities at Pine Ridge Hospital. His appointment...

RAPID CITY (AP) — A Colorado man accused of killing a woman on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in September has pleaded not guilty. Thirty-four-year-old Orlando de Macias is charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 29 death of 34-year-old Annie Colhoff. Authorities...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The temperature was around zero when Rish Little Moon's vehicle slid off an icy road and into a snowdrift about two miles away from her home on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. She considered walking along the road in pitch-dark conditions, but...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — An embattled government-run hospital whose leadership had promised to significantly improve its operation has again been found in violation of quality-of-care standards. The Indian Health Service, which administers the hospital on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian...

PINE RIDGE (AP) -€” Federal authorities are searching for a suspect in a slaying on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Brewer is wanted on a warrant for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Shawn Stevens in the town of Pine Ridge. Stevens was...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Tribal officials and residents are forming a committee to combat child abuse after two malnourished toddlers were found last month on the Pine Ridge reservation. Around 50 people participated in a discussion held by businesswoman Patty Pourier on how citizens can...

RAPID CITY (AP) — Federal authorities have announced charges against three people stemming from two fatal shootings on the Pine Ridge reservation. The Rapid City Journal reports a 36-year-old Colorado man is charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 29 death of 34-year-old...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Seven people are facing federal charges after law enforcement authorities on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation discovered two children so severely malnourished that a pediatrician later compared them to prisoners of World War II concentration camps....

PINE RIDGE (AP) — A 27-year-old Pine Ridge man has pleaded not guilty in the July 20 shooting death of a teenage girl in the reservation town. The Rapid City Journal reports that James Dowty is charged in federal court with second-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Te'Ca...

PINE RIDGE (AP) — Members of the Oglala Sioux tribe have elected a new leader. Unofficial returns from Tuesday's election show challenger Troy "Scott" Weston easily defeating incumbent President John Yellow Bird Steele. Weston received 66 percent of the nearly 3,600 votes cast....

PINE RIDGE -- A 23-year-old Batesland man has been given 7 years in prison for robbing two women at gunpoint on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the summer of 2015. Jeremy Crow’s conviction stems from Crow and another individual using a firearm to rob two females of personal...