The Badlands will be teeming with artistic beauty this weekend. Medora's Community Center is hosting the 2023 Western Art Showcase and Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering this Saturday and Sunday.
Smokehouse 85 opened Saturday afternoon in its new location after months of work turning a former boot store into a restaurant.
According to owner Darrell Mathews, it was moved back a day to adapt to some problems with the fan and the live entertainment being forced to cancel because of an illness.
The business was filled with customers most of the evening and Mathews was also able to arrange for live entertainment while he and his crew worked in the kitchen to cook up his smoked menu.
Mathews credited Bill Fiegel of the Silver Dollar with helping to find a musical replacement in Brent Voigt and Trent Scott.