The ''Black Hills Pioneer'' (first published as the ''Black Hills Weekly Pioneer'') is a daily newspaper published in

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. Founded by

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and W. A. Laughlin, it was the first newspaper in Deadwood, located in what was then

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. The ''Black Hills Pioneer'' is the flagship publication of Seaton Publishing Company, Inc. South Dakota. It is part of a family owned newspaper and digital media company providing local journalism to western South Dakota. It is the official newspaper for Lawrence County, Meade County, and Butte County, including the towns of Spearfish,

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, Deadwood, Whitewood, Sturgis,

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, Newell, Nisland, and

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, reaching nearly 5,000 subscribers Monday–Saturday. In addition, Seaton publishes ''The Nation's Center News'', the official weekly newspaper for Harding County, including the communities of Buffalo and Camp Crook, with over 1,200 subscribers. This group also publishes ''The Weekly Prospector'', a free weekly ad shopper publication. Over 23,000 copies of ''The Prospector'' are carrier delivered, direct-mailed, and in newsstands in Lawrence, Meade, Butte, and Harding counties in South Dakota, northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana. Merrick and the ''Black Hills Weekly Pioneer'' are portrayed in the

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television series '' Deadwood''.

References

External links

Official website
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