Opinion

Until John McCain’s passing, I had the distinct honor of serving alongside him for the entirety of my Senate career.

Rog's Rod & Nimrod As you read today’s column, Mike Hall and I will be Wyoming elk hunting along the southern border of Yellowstone National Park and the eastern border of Idaho.

Weather Watch Welcome home Marianne and welcome home Philips computer! Who did I miss the most? Well, Marianne was gone for four days and the computer was gone for a couple of weeks, and to be honest, I could have gone another week or two without a computer. The answer then is a no-brainer.

Sometimes lemonade can be made from lemons. I’m excited about hunting in a new place. For the first time ever, neither my hunting partner nor I drew a West River deer tag for Corson County, our usual stomping grounds.

Why does everything happen to me? With Marianne being out in Washington for four days, I was looking forward to some ‘alone’ time with our new computer. I figured that I would resolve some of the mystery surrounding the beeping, buzzing almost lifelike thing sitting on my desk.

I know one South Dakotan who lives all year in anticipation of the Turner County Fair. Others yearn for the first Forestburg melon stand to open, or for the leaves in Spearfish Canyon to turn color, or the state capitol to be decked out in its Christmas glory.

Imagine, after filing your tax return, you receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service that another return has been filed using your name and social security number – and someone else has your refund. Sound impossible? It happens.

Governor's Column Gov. Dennis Daugaard Nearly 50 cents of every state tax dollar goes to education. That includes funding for our public universities, technical schools, and the state Department of Education, but the majority is used to fund our K-12 system.

By Ken Peters We are starting out on a new month with lots of exciting goings on and lots of computer supplies on which to record said goings on.