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Pierre School District approves 4 percent raise
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Pierre School District employees will receive a 4 percent salary increase after board members approved a new contract Wednesday.
• KCCR radio reports that it's the first ongoing salary increase for district staff in about three years. In each of the past two years, employees have only received a one-time bonus. The raises take effect July 1.
• The district's minimum salary for new teachers is now $31,920.
• The raise in the one-year contract applies to teachers as well as other staff and administrators, including the superintendent.
• Salaries and benefits will now cost the district $12.3 million.
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Limited training flights resuming at Ellsworth
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Bomber training missions are resuming on a limited basis at Ellsworth Air Force Base in southwestern South Dakota.
• The military last month halted training operations for a dozen active-duty fighter and bomber squadrons across the country as part of the federal spending cuts known as sequestration. Bombers in combat weren't affected.
• The 28th Bomb Wing commander, Col. Kevin Kennedy, says training flights will involve a small number of crews required for the 37th Bomb Squadron to maintain a minimum force ready for combat.
• The 37th Bomb Squadron recently returned from a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia. The base's 34th Bomb Squadron is currently deployed to that region and will continue to fly combat missions.
• Other Air Force units also are being allowed to resume training flights on a limited basis.
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FEMA assessing storm damage in South Dakota
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are assessing damage from a three-day snow and ice storm last month in Sioux Falls and the surrounding region.
• The effort could pave the way for federal aid to help with recovery. Gov. Dennis Daugaard ultimately will decide whether to request a presidential disaster declaration.
• The storm April 9-11 damaged and downed thousands of trees and also electrical lines, at one point cutting power to nearly 100,000 people in eastern South Da (Continued on page 30)
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