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Honoring a hometown hero in Arkansas
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With Veterans Day approaching, it is a good time to pause and reflect on the sacrifices that have been made for us, as well as thank our veterans for their service.

Arkansas Business Development Manager John shows his appreciation to veterans throughout the year. For the past seven years he has served on the board of Operation Open Season, an all-volunteer organization that partners with high school welding and construction programs to build hunting blinds, signs and other projects and provides hunting and fishing opportunities for wounded heroes.

Through John's leadership, we had a special opportunity to recognize an Arkansas veteran on the field at an Arkansas Razorback football game recently. Nearly 75,000 fans honored Army SPC Scott West, who endured 38 surgeries following his service in Iraq, and his family as Hometown Heroes.

Great job John — and a huge thank you to all our veterans at Black Hills Energy!

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Positive Energy

  • We were recently recognized as the Young Professionals Best Place to Work in Rapid City, South Dakota, by Elevate Rapid City. An independent panel of judges selected Black Hills Energy based on our company culture, career development and advancement opportunities, and much more. We were honored…
  • We were recently recognized as one of “Nebraska’s Safest Companies with Distinction” for the first time.  The award was announced at a Nebraska Chapter National Safety Council banquet in May. Several of our employees attended the banquet to accept the award.  “This recognition reflects all the…
  • Our employees go above and beyond for our customers and for each other.  When extreme heat temps hit the Midwest recently, a few of our ambassadors in Iowa stepped up to make sure their co-workers in the field were safe and hydrated.  Council Bluffs ambassadors Lauren and Paige delivered a cooler…
  • Two gas techs in our Rogers, Arkansas, office were recently featured in a local Springdale Chamber of Commerce video.  Chamber staff requested that one of the techs be included in their video shoot after collaborating with him on a feature for AIM magazine, a guide for high school students that…