With the exception of Custer County, Lawrence County provides more funding to its libraries than any other county in the Black Hills. Pioneer file photo
With the exception of Custer County, Lawrence County provides more funding to its libraries than any other county in the Black Hills. Pioneer file photo
LAWRENCE COUNTY — Lawrence County provides more funding to its libraries than any other county in the Black Hills except Custer County, where the library is a county entity.
The county, which has given $492,282 to its libraries annually in Spearfish, Lead, Deadwood and Whitewood since 2009 recently began talking about cutting that allocation by 10%. That would bring the funding down to $443,054, with $207,379 going to the Spearfish library, $97,596 going to Lead, $81,901 going to Deadwood, and $55,188 going to Whitewood. With a 2019 county population count of 25,844 residents, the 2022 proposed funding allocation is about $17.14 per person. In 2021, it was $19 per person.
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