#Cheves

ROCK HILL - Amid major leadership changes, South Carolina's only major Native American tribe is expected to cut ties with the company that helps operate its casino, ending business relationships that have led federal gaming regulators to threaten the Catawba Nation with fines and temporary closure of its North Carolina gaming hall. Hundreds of…

In the United States and a federal judge has reportedly agreed to expedite a lawsuit the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians filed against the Catawba Indian Nation earlier this year in an attempt to stop the latter's effort to bring a $273 million casino resort to North Carolina. According to a Monday report from The Charlotte Observer newspaper, the…

Just off I-85, on the way into Kings Mountain, there's a truck stop on Dixon School Road. Driving through on a weekday afternoon, you might think it's abandoned. No one fueling up at the pumps. No cars in the lot. On the towering sign, tall enough to be seen from the highway, the old "Citgo" logo has been blacked out with spray paint. One of the…