The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a Blizzard warning for all of western South Dakota until this Evening. Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of 18 to 30 inches along the foothills from Spearfish to Piedmont,15 to 24 inches in the Rapid City area, and 10 to 20 inches on the plains. Winds gusting as high as 55 mph are expected into Wednesday. Portions of northwestern and southwestern South Dakota and northeast Wyoming will be affected. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Cheyenne River Reservation and the Pine Ridge Reservation. The warning will remain in effect until 6 PM tonight. Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Widespread blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Strong winds could cause tree damage.
A Clark County judge scheduled the trial against Nathan Chasing Horse for May 1 during a hearing Monday. The “Dances with Wolves” actor is accused of victimizing indigenous girls and women for at least two decades in multiple locations throughout the United States and Canada while he traveled for various ceremonies and claimed that he was a “Medicine Man.” Chasing Horse, 46, was in Clark County District Court on Monday for a hearing to address a motion filed by his defense team. In the motion filed on March 9, Chasing Horse is seeking an order for prosecutors to provide discovery materials. He is requesting specific information about anyone who may be cooperating with investigators, along with potential co-conspirators, accessories or alternative suspects.
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
