Back in May I first blogged about Bear Butte and the controversy surrounding the mountain and the bar formally known as Sturgis County Line. As you may recall Bear Butte, located roughly 6 miles northeast of Sturgis, SD, is a sacred place to many Native American tribes. Some of these tribes come here for 3-4 months of the summer and hold sacred ceremonies and pray on the mountain.

              Another prominent event that takes place in the summer’s for Sturgis is the annual Sturgis Bike Rally which is a motorcycle rally held in August that draws somewhere around 510,00 people. In 2006 The Sturgis County Line Bar, a massive two story bar, opened just a mile away from the mountain to try and attract these bikers during the rally.

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                Accrued interest. Credit score. Bond. Tax Credits. Bankruptcy.

                For most of us these are words that we have heard before that we might or might not know the correct meanings of. Chances are if you have ever had a credit card, mortgage, lease or any kind of loan you have a working knowledge of what these terms are though.

                These terms are referred to as ‘financial litera...

With gas prices on the rise many people are finding it hard to balance the cost of gas versus what they need for the basics to live. Another thing that the high gas prices are affecting is South Dakota's economy. Tourism is the number one source of revenue for the state and with less people traveling this summer because of gas prices what will this do to South Dakota's economy?

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                One story that has been making a lot of headlines lately is the weather in the Midwest. With all of the flooding from North Dakota to Indiana many people have lost it all—their homes, pets, vehicles, jobs and even their crops.

                Luckily South Dakota has been spared in all of this horrific weather but the truth of the matter is it is still going to affect South Dakota in the long run; in fact it is going to affect the whole country. With gas hitting record highs at $140 a barrel according to CNN gas prices won’t be going down anytime soon. On top of that CNN also estimates that the flooding in Iowa and other parts of the Midwest will spike gas prices up by as much as 15%.

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South Dakota may have been one of the last states to cast their vote in the primaries but they certainly weren't least. For once South Dakota being last was actually a good thing and with all eyes on them they made it known who they wanted to win the nomination.

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