Local Newspapers

Introduction ...

Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of Rapid City.

Our newspaper information for Rapid City is based on data taken from the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.

The following list contains the names of 36 papers that were published in the immediate area of Rapid City. In addition, the list contains another 33 papers that were published in the broader area that surrounded Rapid City. In total, we've identified 69 papers within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Rapid City.

Newspapers Published In Rapid City ...

We know of 36 newspapers that have been published in the immediate area of Rapid City:

Black Hills Paha Sapa Report (from 1979)
- Years of publication: 1979 to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Black Hills Paha Sapa Report
- Holdings for: LCCN SN89074988
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 15278027
Black Hills Pictorial (from 1953)
- Years of publication: 1953 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Black Hills Pictorial
- Holdings for: LCCN SN2007060625
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 166395926
Black Hills Tribune (from 1984)
- Years of publication: 1984 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Black Hills Tribune
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065824
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37558767
Gate City Daily Guide (from 19??)
- Published during 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Gate City Daily Guide
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065816
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551871
Gate City Guide (from 1908)
- Years of publication: 1908 to 1968
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Gate City Guide
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065815
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551760
Indian Country Today (from 1992)
- Years of publication: 1992 to 1994
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Indian Country Today
- Holdings for: LCCN SN92001658
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 26771949
Indian Country Today (from 1994)
- Years of publication: 1994 to 1996
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Indian Country Today
- Holdings for: LCCN SN95071074
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31327886
Indian Country Today (from 1996)
- Years of publication: 1996 to 2011
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Indian Country Today
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97017162
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34317951
Rapid City Daily News (from 1908)
- Years of publication: 1908 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rapid City Daily News
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065834
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37584846
Rapid City Journal (from 1966)
- Years of publication: 1966 to current
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the Rapid City Journal
- Holdings for: LCCN SN86071473
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 2250546
South Dakota Tech (from 19??)
- Years of publication: 19?? to ????
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for the South Dakota Tech
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065827
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37569106
The Black Hills Booster (from 1915)
- Years of publication: 1915 to 19??
- Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
- Catalog Card for The Black Hills Booster
- Holdings for: LCCN SN97065836
- Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37585110
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- The Black Hills Chief (from 1941)
  - Years of publication: 1941 to 1944
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Black Hills Chief
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065846
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37591488
- The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review (from 1904)
  - Years of publication: 1904 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Black Hills Union And Western Stock Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065835
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37585185
- The Black Hills Union (from 1889)
  - Years of publication: 1889 to 1904
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Black Hills Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065832
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37572181
- The Black Hills Weekly Democrat (from 1886)
  - Years of publication: 1886 to 1889
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Black Hills Weekly Democrat
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065837
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37587462
- The Commoner (from 1934)
  - Years of publication: 1934 to 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Commoner
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065844
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37591501
- The Daily Union (from 1890)
  - The first year of publication was in 1890, with an unknown end date
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Daily Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065866
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624007
- The Evening Union (from 1900)
  - Published during 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Evening Union
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065829
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37572105
- The Guide And Shopping News (from 1968)
  - Published during 1968
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Guide And Shopping News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065811
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551820
- The Guide (from 1974)
  - Years of publication: 1974 to 1985
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065808
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31698217
- The Guide (from 1968)
  - Years of publication: 1968 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065810
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551935
- The Indian (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Indian
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050929
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30617003
- The Lakota Journal (from 2000)
  - Years of publication: 2000 to 2009
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lakota Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN 2001211543
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 45475933
- The Lakota Nation Journal (from 2000)
  - Published during 2000
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Lakota Nation Journal
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2005061015
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 43534908
- The Native Voice (from 2002)
  - Years of publication: 2002 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Native Voice
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN2004060328
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 49707390
- The Northwestern Stockman (from 18??)
  - Years of publication: 18?? to 1899
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Northwestern Stockman
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065830
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37572155
- The Rapid City Advocate (from 1939)
  - Years of publication: 1939 to 1941
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Advocate
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065845
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37591493
- The Rapid City Daily Guide (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1924
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Daily Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065819
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551859
- The Rapid City Evening Herald (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to 189?
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Evening Herald
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065831
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37572140
- The Rapid City Guide (from 1985)
  - Years of publication: 1985 to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065807
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37543393
- The Rapid City Guide (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065809
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37555695
- The Rapid City Reporter (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Rapid City Reporter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065826
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37563837
- The Sicangu-Oglala Times (from 1991)
  - Years of publication: 1991 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sicangu-Oglala Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN94050941
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 30677761
- The Weekly Republican (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Weekly Republican
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065828
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37572165
- Western Stock Review (from 1901)
  - Published during 1901
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Western Stock Review
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065833
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37585132

Newspapers Neighboring Rapid City ...

The following newspapers were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<1> of Rapid City.

The papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from Rapid City.

Published In Box Elder ...
- Pennington County News (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pennington County News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN88000577
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 17480950
Published In Caputa ...
- Caputa Chatter (from 1950)
  - Years of publication: 1950 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Caputa Chatter
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065862
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624516
- The Dandelion (from 1921)
  - Years of publication: 1921 to ????
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Dandelion
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065863
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624507
Published In Keystone ...
- The Keystone Recorder
  - The first year of publication is unknown, with the last issue in 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Keystone Recorder
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065860
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624011
Published In Farmingdale ...
- The Farmingdale Gimlet (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Farmingdale Gimlet
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065861
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624008
Published In Tilford [Meade County] ...
- Meade County Times (from 18??)
  - Published during 18??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meade County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065747
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36421654
Published In New Underwood ...
- New Underwood Times (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the New Underwood Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065856
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37621470
- Underwood Press Weekly Pictorial (from 1953)
  - Years of publication: 1953 to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Underwood Press Weekly Pictorial
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065857
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37624022
Published In Hill City ...
- Hill City Prevailer And The Guide (from 1971)
  - Years of publication: 1971 to 1983
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hill City Prevailer And The Guide
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065813
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551989
- Hill City Prevailer (from 1970)
  - Years of publication: 1970 to 1971
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Hill City Prevailer
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065812
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37551951
- Pennington County Prevailer-News (from 1986)
  - Years of publication: 1986 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Pennington County Prevailer-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065817
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 31072548
- Prevailer-News (from 1983)
  - Years of publication: 1983 to 1986
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Prevailer-News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065814
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37556107
- Rushmore Press (from 198?)
  - Years of publication: 198? to 1988
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rushmore Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065818
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37556276
- The Hill City News And Black Hills Mining World (from 1938)
  - Years of publication: 1938 to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hill City News And Black Hills Mining World
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065851
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37596469
- The Hill City News And New Underwood Times (from 1943)
  - Years of publication: 1943 to 1951
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hill City News And New Underwood Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065853
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37596745
- The Hill City News (from 1922)
  - Years of publication: 1922 to 1938
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hill City News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065850
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37596481
- The Hill City News (from 1943)
  - Published during 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Hill City News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065852
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 37596467
Published In Roubaix [Lawrence County] ...
- Este Ripples (from 193?)
  - Years of publication: 193? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Este Ripples
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN95073705
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 34137449
- Roubaix Press (from 190?)
  - Years of publication: 190? to 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Roubaix Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN98069028
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 39021425
Published In Sturgis [Meade County] ...
- Black Hills Press (from 1896)
  - Years of publication: 1896 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Black Hills Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065742
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36434354
- Meade County Times-Tribune (from 1980)
  - Years of publication: 1980 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meade County Times-Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065745
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36434670
- Meade County Times (from 1979)
  - Published during 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Meade County Times
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065744
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36437237
- Rushmore Ads News (from 1969)
  - Years of publication: 1969 to 1978
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Rushmore Ads News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065743
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36437064
- The Sturgis Daily Souvenir (from 1900)
  - Published during 1900
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sturgis Daily Souvenir
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065741
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36418011
- The Sturgis Tribune And The Chalkbutte News (from 1940)
  - Years of publication: 1940 to 1943
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sturgis Tribune And The Chalkbutte News
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065738
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36435464
- The Sturgis Tribune (from 1943)
  - Years of publication: 1943 to 1979
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sturgis Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065737
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36434122
- The Sturgis Tribune (from 19??)
  - Years of publication: 19?? to 1940
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Sturgis Tribune
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065739
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36435458
Published In Fairburn [Custer County] ...
- Custer County Press (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Custer County Press
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065774
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36689259
Published In Custer [Custer County] ...
- Custer County Chronicle (from 1931)
  - Years of publication: 1931 to current
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Custer County Chronicle
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065765
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36687626
- Lightning Flashes (from 19??)
  - Published during 19??
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for the Lightning Flashes
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065777
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36689193
- The Custer Bi Weekly (from 1960)
  - Years of publication: 1960 to 1962
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Custer Bi Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065766
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36686630
- The Custer Weekly (from 1960)
  - Published during 1960
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Custer Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065764
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36686636
- The Custer Weekly (from 1962)
  - Years of publication: 1962 to 1974
  - Locate a copy thru the Library of Congress:
  - Catalog Card for The Custer Weekly
  - Holdings for: LCCN SN97065767
  - Locate a copy thru WorldCat: OCLC 36686596

Footnotes ...

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Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rapid City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rapid City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.0828, Longitude: -103.2245