Optimism energizes new committee to keep BNSF Railroad in Edgemont

  • District 30 SD House member Tim Goodwin (left) tells Edgemont Mayor Rheta Reagan, State’s Attorney Lance Russell and Fall River County Commissioner Les Cope about his encouraging conversations with SD Senator John Thune’s office about preventing Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) from closing its railroad yard vital to the town’s economy. Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star
    District 30 SD House member Tim Goodwin (left) tells Edgemont Mayor Rheta Reagan, State’s Attorney Lance Russell and Fall River County Commissioner Les Cope about his encouraging conversations with SD Senator John Thune’s office about preventing Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) from closing its railroad yard vital to the town’s economy. Photo by Beth Bogart/Fall River County Herald-Star
    EDGEMONT — Mayor Rheta Reagan and State’s Attorney Lance Russell began a town hall meeting on Monday afternoon, May 5, in the senior center reporting that they had received no response from letters they had sent to the SD governor, the state’s federal congressional delegation and Burlington Northern Santa Fe regarding the rumored closing of the railroad yard in Edgemont.But union m...

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