PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Select Committee on Legislative Relationships with Ellsworth Air Force Base held its final regular meeting Thursday. The Committee is looking to get an idea on what the South Dakota Legislature can do to help the base with the addition of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds told the committee Ellsworth has a bright future in front of it…
Rounds says finding money to help the Douglas School District build a new school for Air Force families moving to the Rapid City/Bpx Elder area for the B-21 is a top priority for him…
Rounds says the Air Force has been encouraging local governments to have more input into base support…
Douglas is seeking an estimated 15-million dollars from South Dakota to assist in the 62-million dollar expansion.
