• LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Activists who oppose beer sales in Whiteclay are planning a new effort to draw attention to the Nebraska town, which borders a South Dakota Indian reservation where alcohol is banned.
• The group has scheduled a rally Thursday at noon outside the Nebraska Capitol. Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe are also planning a "Women's March for Peace" on Sunday, which will begin on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and end in Whiteclay.
• Organizers say the march will include members of Occupy Lincoln and the group Deep Green Resistance, which advocates for indigenous rights.
• Activists have tried to shutter Whiteclay for decades, arguing that the town's four beer stores knowingly contribute to alcoholism on Pine Ridge.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The fee for brand inspections designed to prevent the theft of cattle and horses in western South Dakota will increase on Sept. 1.
• The South Dakota Brand Board voted in June to raise the inspection fee from 80 cents a head to 90 cents. Approval by a legislative committee means the increase can take effect Sept. 1
• Brand Board officials say the fee increase was needed because of rising costs for the inspections required before cattle, horses and mules are sold, slaughtered or moved out of the inspection area west of the Missouri River.
• Brand Board director Larry Stearns says state law now makes it a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of a year in jail and a $2,000 fine to leave the inspection area without getting an inspection.
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