Hometown Newspaper Covering the Greater Belle Fourche & Butte County Area in South Dakota
BELLE FOURCHE—State Street took on a fresh look during this year’s Crazy Days on July 24 and 25 as white four-post tents lined the downtown business district. Businesses moved deeply discounted merchandise outside under the tents, creating an inviting shopping atmosphere while providing shade from the summer heat. One of the driving forces behind growing […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new Pioneer Trust & Estate Services building was held on July 22. The new building is set to open 35 years after Pioneer Trust & Estate Services opened its current offices in the Don Pratt building. Seventy years after Pioneer Bank received Trust Powers from the Federal Reserve, […]
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Roots #70 Mick Harrison is a Belle Fourche painter who is quite acclaimed in the professional art world. This summer he received some notoriety closer to home. The July August issue of South Dakota Magazine features the work of several regional artists who were asked to submit paintings of what South Dakota may have looked […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Belle Fourche Post 32 baseball team captured the 2026 South Dakota Class B Senior American Legion Region Championship on July 23 at the Legion region tournament in Chamberlain. The region title sends Belle Fourche to the state tournament for the first time since 2010. They did it in a clean sweep, beating Martin 14-4 […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—It seems like Hometown Thursdays can’t happen this year without some kind of weather event inviting itself to the festivities. This week, July 23, was no different as rain decided to join in on the fun evening after it was underway. The raindrops didn’t stop the community from enjoying the music, shopping, food or […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Have you ever thought about being a philatelist? You know, one who has an interest in stamps, postal history, postmarks, stamp designs or anything stamp-related? If so, then the Tri-State Museum’s new Mini Exhibit is one you will want to check out! It is “All About Postage Stamps.” The latest exhibit opened to a […]
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Josh Abraham loves libraries. Josh and his young family moved to Belle Fourche from Minnesota a few years ago. They like living here. He had a good job working as the operations manager at the Belle Fourche Rec Center. He liked the job. However, when Wanda Nelson, the director at the Belle Fourche Library announced […]
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by Belle LaVenue, Where were this past weekend?! TO MINNESELA! Were you ready for the biggest theater entertainment of the summer at the Belle Fourche Area Community Theater’s production of MINNESELA, a COMEDY OF WESTERN PROPORTIONS. MINNESELA had FOUR PERFORMANCES – JULY 23-26! THURSDAY-SATURDAY & SUNDAY @ WHERE ? With your boots on at the […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—A fun twist on a home-cooked meal was the draw to the annual Pitchfork Fondue. Steak cooked in the old western cowboy tradition of putting steaks on pitchforks and dropping them down into a barrel of boiling oil to create mouth-watering meat, crispy on the outside, soft and tender on the inside. A nice […]
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BELLE FOURCHE—Baseball players, coaches, friends and family from communities all across South Dakota converged on Belle Fourche for the 2026 VFW Varsity State Baseball Tournament. The three-day tournament for the Alpha Division took place July 17-19 at the Belle Fourche Baseball Complex. Six teams from across the state battled for the championship title. The tournament […]
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