• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The western Dakotas are a little smoky, but it isn't because of any large wildfires in the two states.
• Officials say strong winds are pushing smoke from fires in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho into the western parts of South Dakota and North Dakota.
• Stark County Emergency Manager Bill Fahlsing in southwest North Dakota tells The Dickinson Press that the county has been flooded with calls from concerned residents. The National Weather Service office in Bismarck also reports getting calls.
• Great Plains Fire Information spokeswoman Beth Hermanson tells the Rapid City Journal that the smoky conditions will persist as long as the winds keep up.
• Though the smoke is from afar, officials caution that the fire danger remains high in the western Dakotas.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Attorney General Marty Jackley says another computer scam has surfaced in South Dakota.
• Jackley says legitimate computer repair businesses reported the scam after being asked to fix personal computers with security problems. When the repair businesses ask how the problems occurred, computer owners say the trouble developed after they received a telephone call from someone posing as a representative of a well-known computer company.
• The attorney general says the fake security experts ask to gain remote access to people's computers to prevent

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