LAS VEGAS (AP) - A major policy change this year by the Department of Interior will slow the growth of the multibillion-dollar Indian casino industry, which has gained controversy for developments in communities far from reservation land....
BARSTOW — Barstow is probably not getting a casino anytime soon but most residents seem OK with it....
This is an updated version of a story posted earlier on Monday...
BARSTOW — At its Monday meeting, the City Council disclosed that members held a closed-door meeting earlier this month about the Big Lagoon/Los Coyotes casino compacts, leading some to believe that the council violated California’s open meeting law. ...
BARSTOW — Big Lagoon could be breaking out the bulldozers back at their Northern California home instead of in town. ...
BARSTOW — The agreements between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two Indian tribes to allow an off-reservation casino to be built in Barstow expired at midnight on Monday leaving the future of the project in doubt. ...
Editor's note: This is an updated version of a story originally posted Wednesday afternoon....
With about a week left in the 2007 legislative session, supporters of one proposed off-reservation Indian casino in Barstow are trying one final push to get the state legislature’s approval before the agreements expire. ...
BARSTOW — Some City Council members are upset about a letter Mayor Lawrence Dale wrote to the federal government accusing the Chemehuevi Indian tribe of attempting to “torpedo” the passage of the Barstow casino compacts. ...
Editor's Note: This is an updated version of a story originally posted Thursday afternoon....