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Seth Tupper’s Biography

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I bring a lifetime of South Dakota-based experience to my job covering the people, politics and environment of the Mount Rushmore State.

I grew up in the small towns of Wessington Springs and Kimball, earned my journalism degree from South Dakota State University and spent 11 years at The Daily Republic in Mitchell before moving to the Rapid City Journal in 2014.

My journalism honors include the 2007 Outstanding Young Journalist award from the South Dakota Newspaper Association and the 2014 N…

Seth Tupper’s Journalist Portfolio

Rapid City Journal special project: Radioactive legacy

Rapid City Journal special project: Radioactive legacy

Four decades after its first uranium mining boom ended, the Edgemont area remains scarred by unreclaimed mine…

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90 seconds to 80 mph: How Gosch sped state to 80 mph limit

90 seconds to 80 mph: How Gosch sped state to 80 mph limit

Last year, Wyoming spent six months publicly considering an 80 mph interstate speed limit. This month, South …

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High water, high drama: Victims trapped in White River flood torrent for hours before harrowing r...

High water, high drama: Victims trapped in White River flood torrent for hours before harrowing r...

OGLALA | When the rescue boat flipped, the collective gasp from the water's edge was audible even over the ru…

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Life, death and dogs on Pine Ridge

Life, death and dogs on Pine Ridge

PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION | It's another day of roaming and scavenging and subsisting on the edges of lif…

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State employee gave Benda $1 million check

State employee gave Benda $1 million check

Of the many questions that linger concerning the Richard Benda saga, these two now have answers: How did Bend…

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Contaminated wells to feed Nemo's water supply

Contaminated wells to feed Nemo's water supply

NEMO | Residents of this Black Hills community are bewildered by a U.S. Forest Service plan to put them back …

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Articles

South Dakota GOP ousts incumbent secretary of state Original

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Seth Tupper South Dakota Searchlight June 29, 2026, 9:25 a.m. CT South Dakota Republicans nominated Heather Baxter for secretary of state. Baxter advocates for hand-counting ballots. Incumbent Secretary of State Monae Johnson was denied the nomination despite implementing statewide post-election audits. Delegates also selected Republican nominees for state auditor, treasurer, public utilities commissioner, and commissioner of school and public lands.
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Toby Doeden & Gov. Larry Rhoden speak differing views at convention Original

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| Aberdeen News Verified
Seth Tupper South Dakota Searchlight June 29, 2026, 8:01 a.m. CT RAPID CITY — The two remaining Republican candidates for governor of South Dakota clashed over prison policy Friday night in what might have been the closest thing to a debate that voters will see before the party’s nomination is decided in a July 28 runoff election. The candidates delivered back-to-back speeches to a crowd of hundreds during the Republican state convention at The Monument events center.
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State’s top election official loses nomination to challenger who supports hand-counting

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Interview

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What was your first job as a journalist?

State Capitol reporting intern for the South Dakota Newspaper Association's Community News Service.

How is social media changing news?

It's increasingly the way stories get found, rather than on the printed page or by going directly to a website.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

"When the phone rings, answer it." -- Bob Schieffer. He answered a ringing phone on Nov. 22, 1963, and it was Lee Harvey Oswald's mother.

Awards

South Dakota Newspaper Association Outstanding Young Journalist

2007

Public Notice Resource Center National Public Notice Journalism Award

2014
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