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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota's Department of Public Safety says some of its inspectors now have devices to analyze the octane ratings of gasoline.
• The agency recently said it is illegal to sell gas with an 85 octane level in South Dakota. An 85 octane level can cause an engine to run roughly. Motorists usually buy fuel with a minimum rating of 87.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard is using emergency state rules to allow sales of 85-octane gas. The Department of Public Safety is holding a hearing Friday on new fuel rules.
• South Dakota's weights and measures director says the agency got two octane analyzers this week.
• He says they're the size of a briefcase, and they'll allow inspectors to do spot checks of octane ratings.
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• PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) -- The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has declared a drought emergency for the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwest South Dakota.
• President John Yellow Bird Steele says record heat and a lack of rain are a threat to public health and property and the reservation's economy.

• He wants the federal government to provide fans and air conditioners to tribal members who need them.
• Steele also wants aid for the tribal government, and for ranchers and farmers who haven't been able to harvest a hay crop because of the drought.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City's City Council is planning a number of street, sewer and water improvements with money from a new $22 million bond issue.
• Mayor Sam Kooiker says two of the most pressing jobs are improvements to Dyess Avenue and Seger Drive, which are major streets in the city.
• One $14 million project will rebuild Seger Drive and part of Dyess Avenue, and install new water and sewer lines.
• Other projects will extend water and sewer coverage to parts of the city. They will

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