Three juveniles are now facing charges after being accused of starting the small fire that burned inside the Custer Community Center recently.
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:23pm
Charges are pending against three Custer juveniles believed to have started the fire at Custer Community Center April 11. Custer County Sheriff’s investigator Lt. Steve McMillin said Monday that a...
Rilda Mae Hendricks Ketchum, at microphone, speaks to the crowd attending a 50th anniversary program for the Custer Senior Center April 1. Ketchum and her identical twin sister, Reva Rae, were born in an upstairs apartment in the Heidepriem Building, now home to the center, Nov. 11, 1938. Ketchum related that during her mother’s recovery from giving birth, her father, Floyd Hendricks, had been fatally injured in an accident while working in timber 50 miles to the west and died tragically in her arms hours later.
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:19pm
A ribbon cutting and open house April 1 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Custer Senior Center was just the beginning of what new director Roxanne Horkey hopes will be an entire year of...
The front entrance of the new Hermosa School nears completion and the building is expected to be ready for occupancy by the beginning of the next school year. Phase 1 of the the $12.8 million project includes new classrooms and administrative offices and Phase 2, to be completed by the end of the year, includes a new gym, library and music room.
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:15pm
Students at Hermosa School are expected to move into new classrooms for the 2021-22 school year as construction on the new $12.8 million school building moves along at a rapid pace.
Phase 1 of the...
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:12pm
Thursday, April 22
Lions Club, noon, Pizza Works
Art Open House, 4-7 p.m., Custer Beacon
Life Struggle Suicide Prevention Group, 6 p.m., Custer VFW
Civil Air Patrol, 7 p.m., Custer County Airport...
The Gold Discovery Days carnival is popular with both locals and visitors.
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:09pm
If you are a betting man or woman, the odds are that this year could find tourism numbers blowing the lid off of any year in the past in the Black Hills. People living in nearby and faraway states...
Custer County Chronicle
Three juveniles are now facing charges after being accused of starting the small fire that burned inside the Custer Community Center recently.
04/22/2021 - 1:23pm
Charges are pending against three Custer juveniles believed to have started the fire at Custer Community Center April 11. Custer County Sheriff’s investigator Lt. Steve McMillin said Monday that a tip from a member of the public led to determining...
Hill City Prevailer
04/22/2021 - 11:26am
This is the fourth part of our series looking at the impact of the Rushmore Forest Products Sawmill.
On April 16, a job fair was held at the Little White Church in Hill City.
The purpose of the job fair was to help those who will soon be without...
Community
03/25/2021 - 9:24am
10 years ago, 2011 — Operation Gratitude House was pitched to the council as a way to show gratitude to wounded veterans returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with a free vacation in the Black Hills ... Custer City Improvement Committee...
Obituaries
04/15/2021 - 8:58am
Samuel Richard “Skip” Pomper was born Dec. 26, 1947, in Long Island, N.Y. He traveled around the U.S., always finding his strength in helping young people.
Skip had a huge heart for students and seeing them succeed in getting their diploma was a...
