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Snoqualmie Casino Project Moves Forward

WASHINGTON – As reported by the Seattle Times: "The Snoqualmie Tribe's casino project near North Bend can move forward as planned, after a settlement reached yesterday in a legal dispute between its Arizona investors.

"The investors filed for bankruptcy in federal court last week, calling into question whether the tribe would have a management company to build and run the casino.

"The battle involves a disagreement between Jim Miller and Jerry Moyes, former business partners dueling over ownership of the two companies investing in the casino, MGU and MGU Development.

"The settlement yesterday confirms that Moyes, who has invested about $12 million in the project, is the owner of the MGU companies, said Matt Mattson, tribal administrator.

"…The tribe has been planning to build a 147,000-square-foot casino near North Bend for five years. It awaits approval from the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to designate the 56-acre site as reservation land…"

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