INCLEMENT WEATHER ANNOUNCEMENT Update: Due to flooding on local roads, we remain closed for tonight, but will be...
Posted by Lucky Eagle Casino & Hotel on Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Chehalis Tribe of Washington has temporarily closed its casino due to flooding conditions. The Lucky Eagle Casino will be reopening "as soon as possible," a post on Facebook stated. Local roads remain impassable after heavy rains in the area.
The Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, Washington. Photo from Chehalis Tribe
The facility, though, is being put to good use. Tribal members who have been displaced by flooding are staying at the hotel there. “At least they’re above the floodplain warm and safe,” Rodney Youckton, the CEO of Chehalis Tribal Enterprises, told The Centralia Chronicle. He said the tribe was most worried about its elders. Get the Story:
Chehalis River Receding After Closing Roads in South Thurston County (The Centralia Chronicle 12/11)
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