SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Two years after South Dakotans rejected a nearly total ban on abortion, voters on Nov. 4 will decide another sweeping but less restrictive ballot measure that would probably send a legal challenge of Roe v. Wade to the U.S. Supreme Court.

All aboard for the Badlands. Starting Nov. 21, Valley passengers will be able to fly nonstop from Mesa’s Williams Gateway Airport to Rapid City, S.D.

PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday that would ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.

PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Mike Rounds said he is inclined to sign a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in South Dakota, making it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless it was necessary to save the woman's life.

Hillary Bach collected her 11th win of the season with a six-hitter in Arizona State’s 13-0, five-inning win over South Dakota State on Friday in Tempe.

With both Krista Donnenwirth and Caylyn Carlson going 2-for-3 with two RBIs, the seventh-ranked Arizona State softball team beat South Dakota State 14-2 in five innings Saturday night at Farrington Stadium in Tempe.

WASHINGTON - Americans have been migrating south and west for decades, but it appears they've been leaving some high-paying jobs behind. While there are many pockets of wealth in the South and West, the states with the highest wage earners line the East Coast, according to Census data released Tuesday.

More than 50 people took part in a memorial snowmobile ride in North Dakota to honor slain Phoenix police officer Nick Erfle (ERF'-lee).

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. - One of dozens of fires across the West raced out of a canyon in South Dakota's Black Hills "with a vengeance" on Sunday, killing a homeowner and destroying 27 homes, authorities said.

BISMARCK, N.D. - Crews on Tuesday gradually reopened major highways that had been closed by the Plains' first blizzard of the season, stranding post-Thanksgiving travelers. Thousands of people remained without electricity.

WASHINGTON - The long, drawn-out Democratic presidential primary season finally draws to a close next Tuesday. Hillary Clinton takes her campaign today to one of the last two states voting, South Dakota. Rival Barack Obama is taking a breather back home in Chicago. And Republican John McCain will be talking to voters in Wisconsin.

Arizona State's softball team topped the Southern Utah Thunderbirds Sunday to take the Wilson / Dimarini Invitational tournament in Tempe. The win boosts the eighth-ranked Sun Devils' record to 18-4.

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota lawmakers approved a ban on nearly all abortions Friday, setting up a deliberate frontal assault on Roe v. Wade at a time when some activists see the U.S. Supreme Court as more willing than ever to overturn the 33-year-old decision.