(AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is letting people visit caves in national forests and grasslands in the Rocky Mountain region again, but there are restrictions as officials work to halt a disease that has killed 5.5 million bats since 2006.

The agency issued a closure order in 2010 to keep white-nose syndrome from spreading. So far, the disease and the fungus that causes it haven’t been confirmed in the region, which covers Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.

As of Thursday, people can visit the region’s caves but have to register first. They must decontaminate clothing and gear before and after entering caves. Gear used in caves or mines in states affected by white-nose syndrome is prohibited.

Caves used for winter hibernation will close from roughly Oct. 15-April 15.

(AP) — Investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway will release its second-quarter earnings report Friday afternoon.

Berkshire’s results are likely to be affected by the health of the housing market and how well BNSF railroad dealt with reduced demand for coal.

If developers continued building homes at a healthy pace in the spring, Berkshire’s Shaw carpet, Acme Brick and Benjamin Moore paints will perform well. Berkshire also owns the HomeServices of America network of real estate brokers.

The paper value of Berkshire’s derivative contracts can also cause big swings in its bottom-line net income.

The analysts surveyed by FactSet expect Berkshire to report earnings per Class A share of $2,163.63 on revenue of $43.25 billion.

(AP) — A grand jury has cleared authorities of any wrongdoing in the February death of a Saunders County jail inmate.

Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff announced late Thursday afternoon that the grand jury had met this week and determined no crime had occurred in the death of 47-year-old Gloria O’Connor. O’Connor was found unresponsive in her cell on Feb. 10. She was taken to a Lincoln hospital but could not be revived.

State law requires such an investigation whenever someone dies in custody or while being arrested.

An autopsy showed O’Connor died of a heart attack.

She was serving a 30-day sentence for disorderly conduct, trespassing and other charges when she died.

(AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has fined Hy-Vee, Fareway and other grocery stores in Iowa and Nebraska nearly $130,000 for violating child labor laws.

The Labor Department announced the fines Thursday.

The department says the violations included allowing workers under 18 to perform hazardous jobs that are prohibited. That included loading or operating power-driven paper balers, meat slicers, bakery machines and motor vehicles. No underage workers were injured.

The Labor Department report says Hy-Vee was assessed $68,200 for 27 violations at seven stores, while Fareway was assessed nearly $20,000 for 13 violations at eight stores. The violations would have happened since October 2011.

Representatives of Hy-Vee and Fareway say the stores are committed to maintaining a safe environment for young workers.

(AP) — The former director of the Lincoln YWCA who resigned in February days before she was sentenced to probation for stealing from a past employer is now facing new embezzlement charges.

42-year-old Denise Scholl-Serrett was charged Wednesday with embezzling more than $34,700 from the YWCA.

YWCA officials audited the nonprofits’ books after learning that Scholl-Serrett had stolen thousands of dollars from Omaha-based property management company DEI Communities, where she had been vice president of human resources.

Lancaster County prosecutors say Scholl-Serrett spent YWCA money from December 2011 until February to pay for a personal trip, various membership dues, court debts and settlements, tuition for classes and other expenses.

Scholl-Serrett is free on $3,500 bond. She could not be reached for comment Friday.