by Associated Press Published: July 13,2011
Tags: casinos, federal government, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotels, law enforcement, lodging, Native Americans, restaurants, tourism
CHOCTAW — The FBI conducted a search yesterday at the Pearl River Resorts run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Neshoba County. Neither the FBI nor the tribe would say what the FBI was looking for. The resort, which includes the Silver Star and Golden Moon casinos, did not close, Paul Harvey, the [...] [...]
CHOCTAW — Phyliss J. Anderson has defeated Beasely Denson with 55 percent of the vote in a run-off election to become the first woman chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Neshoba Democrat reports that complete but unofficial returns show Anderson with 1,741 votes to incumbent Denson’s 1,408. The Choctaw Election Committee was [...] [...]
CHOCTAW — Tribal Council member Kevin Edwards says he will for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Edwards would be the first formal challenger to Tribal Miko Beasley Denson, who is expected to run for a second term. Edwards says he wants to improve the financial health of the tribe. If elected, he [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — Judge Jeffrey Webb is expected to rule later on a request by three Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian members to force an election for the new casino project in the Bogue Homa community of Jones County. Webb, a tribal judge, heard both sides of the argument earlier this week. An attorney for the [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he’s pursuing legal action to block a gaming development proposed by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. In a letter to Attorney General Jim Hood yesterday, Barbour said he would seek outside counsel to pursue litigation. Barbour had asked Hood to look into the matter in June. Hood [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — Gov. Haley Barbour has asked Tracie Stevens, chairwoman of the Indian Gaming Commission, to halt work on a planned slot parlor near Sandersville that would strain state and local resources and potentially endanger rare species and habitats. Although the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is rapidly moving forward with construction, the MBCI has [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — Gov. Haley Barbour and six other Republican statewide elected officials are asking the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to drop plans to expand tribal gaming into Jones County. While the officials can make the request, they cannot block the proposed development because the state does not regulate Choctaws’ casinos. The officials sent a [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — The election commission of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has rejected a petition that sought an election on expansion of tribal gaming into Jones County. Choctaws spokesman Warren Strain tells The Neshoba Democrat that the election commission unanimously found that it had no authority to move ahead with an election because the [...] [...]
SANDERSVILLE — U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) says he’s opposed to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ plan to build a casino in Jones County. Wicker says he met with tribal chief Miko Beasley Denson to discuss the project and shared his opposition. Wicker believes the tribe’s plans to move forward ignores public opinion and [...] [...]
CHOCTAW — Some members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws Indians are calling for a tribe-wide vote on a planned expansion of gaming into Jones County. The Tribal Council approved the casino near Sandersville on an 8-7 vote June 8. A petition application calling for the election was presented to the office of Chief Beasley [...] [...]
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