Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE—Highmark Credit Union partnered with the Belle Fourche Chamber of Commerce to host the August Chamber Mixer on August 14. In addition to it being the monthly Chamber gathering of businesses, it was a celebration for Highmark Credit Union. They created a festive atmosphere to recognize their 85th year in business! Of course cake […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—For the third year in a row, State Street was home to the Save the Vets Charity Smoke Off competition on Saturday, August 9. Armed Forces of America Motorcycle Club is the driving force behind the event and has been doing some sort of charity event every year for the past 12 years. Senior […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—After a summer filled with music, friends, family and food trucks, the last Hometown Thursdays is upon us! For ten weeks in a row the Belle Fourche community was given a gift of ten different musical acts. The week of August 7th has brought about the final musical performance for the summer. Dakota Country […]
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Beacon Readers: We our still working out details on a collaboration effort for long term continuation of the paper. All is going in a positive direction, but like when the Beacon started, it takes more time than you anticipate. Recent news of papers being closed across South Dakota are certainly a setback to those who […]
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SD Sports Hall of Fame Special to the Beacon 1979 Belle Fourche/1983 Northern State graduate. Cathy (Coyle) Grubb said, “My earliest sports memories include trying to keep up with my five brothers and sister in all the neighborhood sports we played from football in the street, softball, basketball and any other game we could invent. […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—200 riders rolled into the Center of the Nation for the inaugural Heroes Honor Ride (HHR) to kick off the first ride from Belle Fourche to the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis, SD on August 3. The Center of the Nation Monument located behind the Tri-State Museum served as the staging area for the grand […]
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Belle Fourche, SD — [July 31, 2025] Jackson Dental’s 6th Annual Charity Golf Tournament was a lively event held on July 11th, bringing together community members for a day filled with fun, friendly compe- tition, and a shared commitment to giving back. This year’s tournament featured unique activities including hula hooping, paintball, and speed walk- […]
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Last week’s announcement of the final Beacon edition brought about many responses and strong encouragement to continue the newspaper on. There were words of encouragement to continue from advertisers who have found sales benefits from their printed promotions; Subscribers who wanted to itch in either willing to renew or who have enjoyed the Beacon and […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The Chamber of Commerce and the public welcomed another new business to downtown Belle Fourche. ILevel Construction, LLC, owned by Jason Pedersen, held a Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening on July 24, during the July Chamber Mixer. The gathering gave the public the opportunity to inspect iLevel Construction’s work firsthand because the business used […]
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Saturday July 26th’s 4th Annual Community Soccer game was opened with a dedication tribute to Dr. Jim Trimble. Soccer Board President Ryan Cherveny’s invitation to the special event was the most fitting tribute to the man who loved the community and the sport. It reads as follows: “Hello, I wanted to invite you to this […]
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