Rapid City Journal
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Shannon Brinker |
| Editor | Bart Pfankuch |
| Managing editors | Patrick Butler |
| Opinion editor | Randall Rasmussen |
| Sports editor | Doug Demmons |
| Photo editor | Kristina Barker |
| Founded | 5 January 1878 (as the Black Hills Journal) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 507 Main Street Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 USA |
| Circulation | 25,194 daily 29,404 Sunday |
| ISSN | 1079-3410 |
| OCLC number | 2250546 |
| Website | www |
The Rapid City Journal (formerly the Black Hills Journal and the Rapid City Daily Journal) is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. It is the second-largest newspaper in South Dakota and covers Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The newspaper also publishes the Sturgis Rally Daily and Black Hills 2 Go, which are two special supplements. The Sturgis Rally Daily is published during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and Black Hills 2 Go is the weekly tourism and entertainment tab.
The Rapid City Journal began on January 5, 1878, as the Black Hills Journal. Publisher Joseph P. Gossage produced the first edition of the Black Hills Journal, which was four pages and had 250 subscribers. Printed in a log cabin on Rapid Street, the first newspaper was laboriously cranked out on a Washington hand printing press.
The newspaper printed its first daily paper and changed its name to the Rapid City Daily Journal on February 2, 1886. It continued to publish as both a daily and a weekly newspaper until 1929.
It has acted as a historical record for western South Dakota, covering major events like the 1972 Black Hills flood, the annual Buffalo Roundup and auction in Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Memorial's annual volksmarch, and the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
The order of previous publishers is as follows:
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