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Don Hendershot is a contributing reporter to Carolina Public Press. Contact him at ddihen1@bellsouth.net
When it comes to gambling in Western North Carolina, the landscape is shifting — one tribal and casino leaders are betting will have a hard-to-ignore impact on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, not to mention the job and economic hands now being dealt to many counties in the “far west” part of North Carolina.