Business

RAPID CITY - While most people are talking about President Barack Obama's speech and Michelle Obama's glamorous fashion choices, South Dakotans are buzzing about another inaugural feature: the bison tenderloins the first couple ate.

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If you’ve made it your goal to get a new job in 2013, your best bet is to see if the skills you have can be utilized in the industries that are predicted to hire the most this year. Keep in mind that even if your education or previous job wasn’t in a particular field, that doesn’t mean there aren’t jobs related to that field to which you could apply your experience and skill set. A growing industry needs all kinds of support.

Here are five industries that will be experiencing considerable growth in 2013:

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RAPID CITY - South Dakota environmental officials are asking the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission for more authority in regulating a proposed Powertech USA uranium mine near Edgemont.

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PIERRE, - An associate professor at South Dakota State University says agriculture and related industries had a $21.4 billion impact on South Dakota's economy in 2010.

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OACOMA, - Young Farmers and Ranchers is holding its winter conference in Oacoma.

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SIOUX FALLS - Sanford Health could be operating in China in about a year if the Dakotas-based health system can work out details of a joint venture with the country's communist government.

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CHAMBERLAIN - Ground conditions and a recent cold streak have delayed the start of construction of Chamberlain's new community center by about two weeks.

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LEAD - The number of building permits issued in the city of Lead (leed) and the value of the projects was down in 2012.

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Sioux Falls is moving forward with an environmental assessment and land appraisal ahead of a potential purchase of the 9.5-acre downtown BNSF rail yard site.

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The director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in San Francisco is visiting Pierre on Wednesday to meet with Gov. Dennis Daugaard and other economic leaders.

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