Rapid City Journal

Rapid City Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherBen Rogers
EditorA.J. Etherington
Managing editorNathan Thompson
Founded5 January 1878 (1878-01-05)
(as the Black Hills Journal)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters507 Main Street
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
USA
Circulation15,557 Daily (as of 2023)[1]
Sister newspapersChadron (Neb.) Record
ISSN1079-3410
OCLC number2250546
Websiterapidcityjournal.com

The Rapid City Journal (formerly the Black Hills Journal and the Rapid City Daily Journal) is the daily newspaper of Rapid City, South Dakota. As of 2021, it is the largest newspaper in South Dakota by total subscriptions, according to the United States Postal Service Statement of Ownership and the South Dakota Newspaper Association. It covers Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The newspaper also publishes two special supplements: the Sturgis Rally Daily, which is published during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally; and Compass, which is the weekly shoppers tab.

The Rapid City Journal Media Group also publishes one weekly newspaper, The Chadron Record in Chadron, Nebraska. Nathan Thompson is the executive editor and Mark Dykes is the managing editor of The Chadron Record.

  1. ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved February 29, 2024.