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construction and other events will be shown at the State 123 Theatre in Pierre.
National Guard unit returns to wildfire fighting
• CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard is resuming fighting wildfires in the West, six weeks after four of the unit's airmen died while fighting a fire in the Black Hills of South Dakota. • The unit's operations commander, Col. Roger Williams, says it's important for the Charlotte-based unit to get back to the critical mission. • The 145th will send two aircraft and 16 airmen to Boise, Idado. They will fight fires at the direction of the U.S. Forest Service starting Tuesday. • Three groups of North Carolina airmen will rotate from Charlotte to Boise and back through Sept. 4. • A C-130 equipped with a firefighting system was battling a fire near Edgemont, S.D., on July 1 when it crashed, killing four and severely injuring two others. •
Patrol says 9 people died during Sturgis rally
• STURGIS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol says nine people died at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which officially ended on Sunday. • The Patrol says eight people died in fatal accidents, including an Oakes, N.D., woman who was killed Friday when her motorcycle struck a pickup truck driven by a Colorado man. • Authorities say the victim, 43-year-old Sheila Coleman, was not wearing a hel (Continued on page 30)
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