When I think about how far Ponder has come, I’m reminded of the people who made it possible, especially my professors: Skott, Allen, Justin and Erin. Their encouragement, insight and belief in me shape...

I never wanted Spearfish to be my home. Growing up, I despised the 40-minute drive down the most boring interstate in the country only to walk around downtown and city park with my parents, who I also...

Everybody's Bookstore, Rapid City, SD Four years ago, Jessie Polenz did not want to own a bookstore. “I always just wanted to work for somebody and get my paycheck and go,” Polenz said. So working...

Every August, the town of Sturgis, South Dakota, fills with the sound of loud engines and crowds of leather jackets. While the Sturgis Rally embodies much of the atmosphere surrounding it, there is a new...

One of the most underrated spots in Nebraska is a coffee shop in south-central Lincoln called Rose Cat Coffee Company and Reading Society. This little shop has something that can't be found anywhere else.  “I...

In an empty house, a young boy – no older than fourteen – moved carefully around his room. His mom finally left him alone for the weekend. He stripped the sheets and blankets from his bed and replaced...

The lights are low, mostly coming from the bar in the back of the room. There are various levels of dress present: a man in jeans and a t-shirt, an older woman in a full-length-dress, an excited twenty-something...

Not even halfway up the chairlift my face was already red from the beaming morning rays. Dirt was beginning to trace the ditches between the moguls under the lift. It snowed only two days before, now...

Every year, over 4,000 children are diagnosed with a brain or spinal cord tumor. A brain tumor is a cell growth that occurs in or around the brain, causing extra pressure in this closed space.  Due...

“When you’re going days without any contact, you break a little bit. It’s a mental game when you’re dealing with shitty weather and nothing’s going right. It tests you in a way that there’s...