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struction on the $237 million, 132-megawatt plant now that it's gotten a greenhouse gas air permit from the EPA.
• The plant is needed to help replace old coal-fired power generation units that would require expensive retrofitting to keep operating.
• Part of the new plant will be entirely owned by Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power and part of it will be jointly owned by the utility and a subsidiary of Black Hills, which is based in Rapid City, S.D.
• Construction is set to begin in April and the plant is expected to be operating by the end of 2014.
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SD man pleads not guilty to DUI death in MT crash
• BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- A 65-year-old South Dakota man has denied charges that he was driving drunk in July and caused a crash in southwestern Montana that killed a Wisconsin woman.
• Garry Lee Griffin of Newell, S.D., pleaded not guilty to vehicular homicide while under the influence during a hearing Monday before District Judge Mike Salvagni in Bozeman. Griffin was arrested late last week.
• Prosecutors allege Griffin was ran a stop sign west of Bozeman and pulled in front of a pickup truck which struck the passenger side of the car.
• The collision killed 49-year-old Corene Krubsack of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
• Court records say Griffin told investigators he didn't know Krubsack, but believed she had been hitchhiking. Tests showed Griffin's blood-alcohol level was 0.179, or more than twice the legal limit, about 40 minutes after the crash.
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Man pleads not guilty to threatening SD reporter
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A man accused of threatening a Rapid City TV reporter with a knife has pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault.
• Authorities allege that 36-year-old Damian New Holy was drunk when he pursued KOTA-TV reporter Katy Urban while she was preparing to record video during a Summer Nights festival concert in late August. She ran for help and was not injured.
• New Holy faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. The Rapid City Journal reports he is being held in the Pennington County Jail in lieu of $40,000 bond.
• KOTA reports that Judge Janine Kern has removed herself from the case because she has worked with Urban. A new judge will be assigned later.
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