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Cowlitz casino has a new partner

VANCOUVER, Washington -- As reported by The Columbian: "A Northern California tribe is the newest partner in an effort to build a casino resort near La Center, Clark County.

"David Barnett, a Cowlitz Indian Tribe member who has spearheaded efforts to build the project, has sold an undisclosed portion of his interest to a California tribe.

"The new partner is the Paskenta Band of the Nomlaki Indians. It operates the Rolling Hills Casino, part of its 2,000-acre reservation near Corning, Calif., about 100 miles north of Sacramento.

"The sale is not expected to affect the Cowlitz Tribe's request for the federal government to take the 152-acre casino site, along the west side of Interstate 5, into trust on the tribe's behalf..."

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