The winners of the Native American Mint coin contest named.
On June 3, the Native American Mint selected the winners of its' contest for creating coins that would be created into silver dollars or smaller denominations. The Rapid City Journal lists the finalists and includes images of the winners. The coins cannot be used as real U.S. currency.
Library Districts, a way to stabilize funding and extend library services to rural, unincorporated, and fringe populations.
What is a Public Library District?
Public Library districts are legal in 19 states with the main purpose of using stabilized funding to extend library services. To enable the creation of Public Library Districts in South Dakota, exisiting district laws need to be modified and will be subject to a vote of the people affected.
The popularity of farmers' markets is booming in the Black Hills.
With more Americans seeking locally grown food sources, farmers' markets and community-supported agriculture (CSA) are increasing in popularity. A farmers' market features food sold directly by farmers to consumers. CSA is a 'farm share' program where, for a fee, people share the risks and rewards of farming. One such CSA is at Black Hills Health & Education Center. Read the
The Black Hills Knowledge Network has internship openings for the summer of 2013.
We have a number of internship opportunities available for this summer. Topic areas are marketing/PR, digital archiving, and website programming. If you or anyone you know may be interested, please see the position descriptions attached. We will continue reviewing applications until the positions are filled.
Listen to the interview to learn about the role of the state library and the impressive return on investment that even the smallest communities get from libraries. Wall Community Library gets a special shout out at the end!
Today's Dakota Midday featured the new state librarian, Daria Bossman. During her interview, she mentioned that libraries are not just about books -- they're about information. Listen to the full interview to learn about the impressive return on investment that communities get from libraries, and to see what Daria means when she calls libraries "anchor institutions."
In 2009, all of the state's reservation counties had obesity rates above 40 percent and adult diabetes rates at least 5 percentage points above the statewide average of 7 percent. To see an interactive map and other charts, click "read more."
Use the Breakdown bar to find the map that shows diabetes rates by county. Hover over a county to see its diabetes rate.
In 2009, all of the state's reservation counties had obesity rates above 40 percent and adult diabetes rates at least 5 percentage points above the statewide average of 7 percent. To see an interactive map and other charts, click "read more."
Use the Breakdown bar to find the map that shows diabetes rates by county. Hover over a county to see its diabetes rate.
South Dakota's working-age population, 18-65, has grown at a faster rate than any other demographic group. Projections for the near future show senior citizens will claim that mantle by 2015.
Focusing on teen smoking in South Dakota, includes information with local and national resources.
One of the goals for the South Dakota Department of Health is to change the number of South Dakota smokers from 17.3% to15% by 2020. However, the number of South Dakota's high school aged students who currently smoke is 24.7%.
Compilation of information and links on healthcare costs in South Dakota.
Costs for Common Procedures
Comparison of average costs for common procedures. Rapid City Regional Hospital was compared with hospitals in the same Medicare class and with similar patient revenues, along with all South Dakota hospitals and selected hospitals (in several places where RCRH has a higher cost, this corresponds to a longer hospital stay. Check the full spreadsheet or Price Point for a fuller view)
The South Dakota Department of Health has set several goals to track the improvement of health behaviors in South Dakota. Chief among these are lowering the obesity and smoking rates, and increasing colorectal screenings for early cancer detection.
The South Dakota Department of Health has set goals for 2020 with the aim of improving the general health of the population. Three areas of particular concern are obesity, tobacco use, and cancer.
With Infant Mortality Rates in South Dakota higher than the national average and surrounding states, Governor Daugaard authorizes a task force to examine the issue.
Infant mortality rates in the United States as a whole have been dropping, but South Dakota has seen a rise in recent years. Since 2000, South Dakota has seen an average infant mortality rate of 7 (infant mortality rate defined as the number of deaths between birth and one year out of 1000 births), edging out the national average of 6.8, and considerably higher than surround states of North Dakota (5.9), Minnesota (5), Iowa (5.2), Nebraska (5.9) and Montana (6).
This website is intended to be a document library for all the procedures, training agendas, job descriptons and presenatations that helped develop the Black Hills Knowledge Network. By researching and reviewing the tools already in place that helped form the Black Hills Knowledge Network, the resources to create your own website for community and local government information will be readily available for you to borrow from, making the task a little easier for you.
