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With the State Veterans Home featured in the foreground, this photo of the Hot Brook Fire about a mile away in the background, was taken at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

With the State Veterans Home featured in the foreground, this photo of the Hot Brook Fire about a mile away in the background, was taken at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Brook Fire scorches 22 acres north of town

News Staff
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – Extreme wind gusts combined with extremely dry conditions, made for nightmarish conditions beginning on Thursday, March 12, when multiple fires were sparked in the Southern Black Hills.
This 10 acre parcel of land located west of Fall River Health Services along Hwy. 71 will soon see work beginning on a Planned Unit Development (PUD) with 51 residential lots, which will help to bring some much-needed workforce housing to the community of Hot Springs. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

This 10 acre parcel of land located west of Fall River Health Services along Hwy. 71 will soon see work beginning on a Planned Unit Development (PUD) with 51 residential lots, which will help to bring some much-needed workforce housing to the community of Hot Springs. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs City Council passes agenda items addressing day care, housing and wastewater

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb.
The side lot and surrounding areas of the Lutheran church received a major face lift and clean-up by volunteer workers of the Community Foundation of Edgemont on Saturday, Feb. 7.

The side lot and surrounding areas of the Lutheran church received a major face lift and clean-up by volunteer workers of the Community Foundation of Edgemont on Saturday, Feb. 7.

Edgemont residents form non-profit to help clean up their town

Lance Borde
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Body EDGEMONT—TheCommunity Foundation of Edgemont is a newly formed 501(c)3 that is committed to the cleaning-up and clearing of dilapidated structures and overgrown vegetation at various property or business sites in Edgemont.
Thomas McMillan (Hot Springs Police Department School Resource Officer) and Melissa Fleming (Sheriff Dept Dispatcher) presented Lincoln McClure and Carter Norton with plaques recognizing their quick response and heroic actions for their lifesaving response. Photo by Charity Maness /Fall River County Herald Star

Thomas McMillan (Hot Springs Police Department School Resource Officer) and Melissa Fleming (Sheriff Dept Dispatcher) presented Lincoln McClure and Carter Norton with plaques recognizing their quick response and heroic actions for their lifesaving response. Photo by Charity Maness /Fall River County Herald Star

Lifesaving youth receive recognition

Charity Maness
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – Hot Springs Elementary 5th graders Lincoln McClure, 11, and Carter Norton, 11, were recognized at a school assembly Thursday, Feb. 12, for their swift actions in saving another schoolmate’s life with the Heimlich maneuver.
Survivor “super fan” Robert Allison of Pierre poses for a photo while holding the television show’s “idol” placed inside The Mammoth Site this past Saturday morning, as hundreds of other Survivor fans wait in line for their turn to do the same. The event was part of a 50-state promotional tour celebrating the global reality-competition television show’s 50th season, debuting on CBS/ Paramount+ later this month. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Survivor “super fan” Robert Allison of Pierre poses for a photo while holding the television show’s “idol” placed inside The Mammoth Site this past Saturday morning, as hundreds of other Survivor fans wait in line for their turn to do the same. The event was part of a 50-state promotional tour celebrating the global reality-competition television show’s 50th season, debuting on CBS/ Paramount+ later this month. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

The Mammoth Site hosts hundreds of Survivor fans in search of hidden idol

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – Fans of the global reality-competition television show Survivor began lining up at The Mammoth Site this past Saturday morning, Feb. 14, at 4:30 a.m., as part of the Survivor 50 Challenge.
Hot Springs’ Michele Merrill, left, is presented a certificate as the school district’s Teacher of the Year from Superintendent Dr. Kyley Cumbow. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Hot Springs’ Michele Merrill, left, is presented a certificate as the school district’s Teacher of the Year from Superintendent Dr. Kyley Cumbow. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

Merrill named Hot Springs School District’s Teacher of the Year

Brett Nachtigall
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Body HOT SPRINGS – Michele Merrill was recently named the Hot Springs School District’s Teacher of the Year, and Michelle Stanley was named and district’s Support Staff of the Year, during a ceremony held at last week’s School Board meeting on Monday, Feb. 9.
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