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• Cole told the Rapid City Journal after Tuesday night's special meeting that he wasn't surprised with the outcome. He and his attorney say they will now sue the city.
• Kooiker declined comment, citing the pending lawsuit.
• Kooiker fired Cole in June without giving a specific reason. The City Council voted 6-3 to uphold the firing. Cole had been the city parks director for eight years.
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SD hearing postponed on uranium mine water permits
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A state board has postponed a hearing on two water rights permits sought by a proposed uranium mine in southwestern South Dakota.
• Powertech Uranium Corp. plans to pump groundwater into the underground ore deposits near Edgemont to dissolve the uranium. The water would be pumped to the surface, where the uranium would be extracted. The company estimates the mine would produce 1 million pounds of uranium oxide a year for 20 years.
• The state Water Management Board had set a hearing on the water rights permits for Dec. 5. But that hearing has been delayed at the request of some people involved in the case.
• Powertech also has applied for a state mining permit.
• In addition, the company is seeking an operating license from the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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AP News in Brief
White House, Congress to talk as fears increase that government heading toward 'fiscal cliff'
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid increasing anxiety that the White House and top Republicans are wasting time as the government slides toward an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff," administration officials are heading to Capitol Hill for talks with congressional leaders.
• Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and senior White House aide Rob Nabors were to visit separately Thursday with the four leaders of the House and Senate to discuss how to avert a series of tax increases and spending cuts due to begin in January. Republicans complain that the White House is slow-walking the talks and has yet to provide specifics on how President Barack Obama would curb the rapid growth of benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
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