A group of Lincoln County landowners has fought the state’s effort and sued to prevent the project from moving forward.

Governor Larry Rhoden is in Washington, attending his first National Governor’s Association conference. But, he didn’t leave ...

Another committee hearing, and the prison funding bill is still alive. The Legislature’s Joint Appropriations committee heard another hour of testimony this morning on a proposal to build an ...

Whether a new men’s prison will be built in Lincoln County could come down to what the South Dakota House of Representatives decides on Friday. The ...

This is part one in a three part series on the proposed Lincoln County Correctional Facility.]By Stu Whitney, South Dakota ...

Native American activist Leonard Peltier was defiant toward the government but grateful to his family and supporters as they ...

It's been 49 years straight in prison for something I didn't do,” Leonard Peltier said, close to tears. “I didn't think I was going to make it.” ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden used his weekly legislative-session news conference on Wednesday to make a new argument in favor of proceeding with construction of a new ...

Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from prison. The 80-year-old spent almost 5 decades in prison after he ...

South Dakota's plan to build an $825 million men's prison complex in rural Lincoln County has sparked clashes of opinion.

Supporters plan to welcome Native American activist Leonard Peltier back to his North Dakota community after his release from a Florida prison where he had been serving a life sentence in the 1975 kil ...

FOX 13's Jordan Bowen reports on Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who was released from a Florida prison Tuesday ...