SD authorities ID woman killed while rock climbing
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities have identified a woman who died from a fall while rock climbing in western South Dakota.
• The Pennington County Sheriff's Department says 39-year-old Michelle Goodgion of Rapid City died Saturday after a rock-climbing accident near Falling Rock.
• Emergency personnel responded to a report of an injured rock climber around 5 p.m. Saturday in Falling Rock. Members of the county's search and rescue team were able to extricate the Goodgion and she was then airlifted to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
• Falling Rock is a limestone canyon about six miles outside Rapid City.
• Authorities say the incident remains under investigation.
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New exhibition opens at historical society museum
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The Museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society has debuted a new exhibition that showcases the work of Lakota artist Arthur Amiotte.
• The exhibition is on display at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. It includes 50 original and reproduced works.
• A reproduction of Amiotte's "Wounded Knee 3" collage is part of the exhibition. The original piece is part of a traveling collection currently on display at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.
• Jay Smith is the director of historical society's museum. He says Amiotte is a South Dakota "treasure."
• "Transformation and Continuity in Lakota Culture: The Collages of Arthur Amiotte, 1988-2014" runs through Aug. 24. The exhibition will then travel to Sioux Falls, Chamberlain and Rapid City.
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Authorities search for missing state prison inmate
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Authorities are searching for a state prison inmate missing in Rapid City.
• State corrections officials say 26-year-old Paul Trejo walked away from the (Continued on page 13)
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