rapidcityjournal.com

RapidCityJournal.com

Rapid City Journal Co Inc is a newspaper based in Rapid City, South Dakota, operating the news website RapidCityJournal.com. The publication is owned by Lee Enterprises, Incorporated.

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Authority

96/100

Safety

90/100

Registered

Dec 21, 1997

28 years old · Tucows Domains Inc.

On record

since 2013

All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

Current facts

What AboutUs observed on the live site and in WHOIS/DNS today. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.

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Rapid City Journal Co Inc — company name on record since 2013; still matches the live site.

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Domain registered Dec 21, 1997 — 28 years old.

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Registrar today: Tucows Domains Inc. — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Aug 23, 2026).

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Live site responds over HTTPS.

Trust record

Authority & Safety, with the evidence

How this is scored →

Authority 96/100 — ahead of 96% of scored sitesClear

Why this authority score

Prominence (Tranco rank #67,806; Open PageRank 4.5/10)+13
Verified continuity: 28.7 years (RDAP registration)+11
Security & email hygiene+4
Prominence × continuity interaction+1
Calibration adjustment (published map)+21

Every point maps to a sentence. These lines sum to the model score of 50/99, which is what places this site at 96/100 against every other scored site.

Safety evidence

All checked sources came back clean

Site history

Dated record — historical facts always carry their date.

1997
Domain registered (Dec 21, 1997).
2013
First tracked by AboutUs (Nov 14, 2013).
2026
Checked today — All 5 safety checks passed (Sep 3, 2026).

✓ name continuity same company name for 13 years✓ domain continuity 28 years registered✓ live verified Sep 3, 2026

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