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and state policymakers," Warner said in a statement. "All of those things are in place in South Dakota, and I am happy to remain here."
• Warner was offered the job of president of Connecticut's Board of Regents for Higher Education and even met with the state's governor to discuss the job before turning it down, Regents spokeswoman Janelle Toman told The Associated Press.
• Warner considered the Connecticut job because it would have taken him closer to his relatives, including his father, siblings, children and grandchildren. The Board of Regents is giving him more flexibility so he can travel to the East Coast see family more often, he told KCCR radio.
• Warner has been in his current position since 2009. Before that he was commissioner of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education and vice chancellor of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.
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• BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Yellowstone County authorities have tentatively identified the pilot killed in a helicopter crash as an 81-year-old Billings man.

• Sheriff Mike Linder says investigators believe Saturday's crash killed Dan Scott, one of five children of Homer Scott, who founded what is now First Interstate BancSystem.
• The company has 72 banks across Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.
• Linder tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/18gCSOV ) information gathered during the investigation led authorities to believe Scott was the pilot.
• An autopsy Wednesday is expected to confirm Scott's identity.
• A funeral listing from Michelotti-Sawyers Mortuary says a celebration of Scott's life is scheduled for May 6 at the Paddock Ranch.
• The crash and resulting fire happened Saturday morning north of Shepherd. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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