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The Chukchani Gold Resort & Casino, closed by a court order on Friday because of a fight between rival factions, could remain closed for months while federal officials sort out how to reopen the gaming center in Coarsegold. Read comments

Fresno City Hall’s second water forum met a fate all but inevitable — it felt recycled. Read comments

Church and community leaders from southwest Fresno said Monday they want to see more money from the state’s high-speed rail project devoted to helping unemployed Central Valley residents get the training they need to work on the project. Read comments

The Fresno County Public Library will offer free books and prizes for teens who submit book reports for Teen Read Week, which began Sunday and runs until Saturday. Read comments

The Fresno County Public Library will offer free books and prizes for teens who submit book reports for Teen Read Week, which began Sunday and runs until Saturday. Read comments

A motorcyclist killed Sunday night in a crash on the Madera Avenue on-ramp to Highway 99 has been identified as Jose Eduardo Perez-Luna, 23, of Madera. Read comments

The eastbound Highway 180 connector ramp to southbound Highway 41 will be closed Monday through Wednesday between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Read comments

California Chrome Day was held Saturday during The Big Fresno Fair at the Grandstand to honor California Chrome, the Kentucky Derby- and Preakness Stakes-winning American thoroughbred racehorse.
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A man was killed by falling foliage while trimming a large palm tree at 3306 W. College Court in Visalia shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday. Read comments

The only children's hospital in the region and the largest doctors' group in Fresno are severing ties in a fight for control of patients that could limit access to care in an area already in short supply of doctors, especially ones with special training to treat children. Read comments