Hostility erupts among divided Lincoln County commissioners
Organizational meeting becomes combative over raises, leadership and airport
Lincoln County commissioners opened 2026 by voting themselves pay raises – and accusing each other of lying – as the board’s familiar 3–2 split hardened through a combative organizational meeting Tuesday.
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Commissioners also voted 3-2 to keep Chair Tiffani Landeen and Vice Chair Jim Schmidt in their leadership roles for 2026, cementing the same governing bloc that would dominate the rest of the meeting.
Mount Rushmore wall collapse prompts lawsuit
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A company that manages facilities at the Mount Rushmore National Monument is denying liability for a wall that fell, striking a woman and injuring her.
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