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• Mistie Caldwell, director of the tourism organization Visit Spearfish, said its visitors' center has been staffed to handle any influx of new requests. Spearfish Mayor Jerry Krambeck said he hoped residents would treat the Angels with respect, as they would any other group.
• The community is used to an influx of motorcyclists for the annual, and much larger, motorcycle rally in nearby Sturgis, Krambeck said.
• "Spearfish and the surrounding Black Hills is basically a destination point for motorcyclists, whether it's a club event or the (Sturgis) rally," he said.
• Spearfish Police Lt. Curt Jacobs said the department hopes it won't have to confront incidents similar to a brawl between members of the Angels and a rival gang, the Mongols, in a Laughlin, Nev., casino a decade ago during a rally in that city.
• Dozens of Hells Angels members were arrested and several were killed across the country last year in turf wars between the Angels and other gangs. The U.S. Department of Justice says the Hells Angels have as many as 2,500 members in 230 chapters in 26 countries, and are a major source of drug trafficking.
• Extra law enforcement personnel, including six U.S. marshals, are helping local authorities during the Spearfish gathering.
• "The best would be that they come here and they have a nice time with their meetings and they visit the Black Hills, and then they head home," Jacobs said. He is expecting as many as 600 Angels and another 400 to 600 family members and support groups, he said.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Fourteen South Dakota political committees face fines of up to $3,000 for skipping a May deadline for filing campaign finance disclosure reports, Secretary of State Jason Gant said.
• The affected groups include the campaign committees of four state lawmakers and political action committees supporting the tea party, athletic trainers and firefighters.
• The reports were due May 25. Gant says the 14 committees got notices in early June that their reports were late, but the warnings were ignored.
• "We've moving on to the next stage," Gant told the Sioux Falls Argus Leader (http://argusne.ws/MKbTTA ) in a story published Thursday.
• Late filers can be fined $50 for each day they're late, up to 60 days, which equals a maximum $3,000 fine.

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