Moreau-Grand Electric will be conducting a planned outage at the Sioux substation this Thursday, August 27th; from 5 to 7 a.m. Mountain Time. Areas affected are Homes and Businesses on the East side of Main St. Eagle Butte, Fox Ridge, Habitat and some of the south side of Eagle Butte. Not all of the community of Eagle Butte will see […]
Braves prepare for first outing of season
The Cheyenne Eagle Butte Braves’ Football and Cross Country teams will compete in their first games of the 2015-16 season. The Braves football team will face the Bennett County Warriors on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. MDT in Martin. The Cross Country team will head across the Missouri River to compete in the Mobridge/ Pollock Invitational starting at 9:30 a.m. […]

Indigenous Foods and Skills Festival to be held on eve of CRST Labor Day Fair
Back in the day, the Lakota people would spend the summer and fall making preparations for the coming winter by gathering food and storing it. Whether it be drying meat or fruits and vegetables that grew wild in nature, the people would spend this time putting together food stores. In modern times, food stores are still made with garden vegetables […]
Correction
In the August 13 issue of the West River Eagle, the front page Community Meeting solicits solutions to prevent meth use and suicide story, Richard Moves Camp was incorrectly referred to as Boot Camp. We apologize for any confusion and inconvenience this may have caused.
Apologies
In last week’s bankroll for the Dupree Lakota Thrifty Mart I made a typo and put that Karen Sussman was the winner of $1200. It should have read $200. My apologies to Lakota Thrifty Mart and Karen Sussman.

CRYP holds annual distribution
More than 500 children received school suppliesOn Wednesday, August 19, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted its annual School Supplies Drive distribution in the Cokata Wiconi teen center’s gymnasium. Now, just days later, the nearly 27-year-old, not-for-profit youth project has already provided 88 families and 350 children — from Headstart through high school — with the school supplies they need to start the new school year […]
Three area men charged with arson in St. Basil Church Fire
Three men face federal arson and burglary charges in connection with the July 19 fire that destroyed St. Basil’s Church west of Ridgeview. Twenty-seven-year-old Cody Yellow, 28-year-old Robert Grindstone and 28-year-old Ake Kyle Eagle Hunter are charged in federal court with third-degree burglary and arson. If convicted the three each face up to 30 years in federal prison. St. Basil’s […]