LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) – The Jemez Pueblo and its partner are hoping their third attempt at applying for an off-reservation casino with the U.S. Interior Department is a go.

The Albuquerque Journal reports the pueblo wants to build a 103,000-square-foot casino on 70 acres of land, along with a 90,000-square-foot hotel on an adjacent 32-acre piece of land in Anthony, between Las Cruces and El Paso.

Larry Echo Hawk, assistant secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, had previously...

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