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next to the agency’s main office at 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd.

The $2.9 million Regional Workforce Development Center, funded through donations from Clark County and North Las Vegas, is slated to open in December. The two-story building will cover more than 16,000 square feet and will include traditional classrooms as well as meeting spaces.

Monica Ford, CEO and president of Nevada Partners, said the new structure will expand on the nonprofit’s current efforts, which include veteran services, employment services and health and wellness training. The center will offer occupational skills training in areas that align with the New Nevada initiative, such as unmanned aerial systems and health care.

“This is definitely hitting the spot in the areas where those jobs are

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betting on games in the next five years.

Another father-son team also was licensed.

Longtime Nevada gaming executive Thomas Gallagher and his son, Kevin, will receive a restricted license for 15 slot machines at a second Southern Nevada Porchlight Grille location on West Sahara Avenue.

The Gallaghers were licensed as co-managing members of PLG2 LLC, which will operate the restricted location.

In other business, commissioners unanimously approved a settlement on a two-count complaint the Control Board filed against BCH Gaming Reno, doing business as Boomtown Reno in Verdi.

The company was accused of illegally operating an unlicensed

interactive gaming system by linking to websites based in Curacao.

Company representatives said they inadvertently provided links to live wagering websites, thinking they only led players to free play sites for various casino games.

In a stipulation signed May 11 by Control Board members and Boomtown Reno CEO Robert Medeiros, the company admitted to the violations and agreed to waive a public hearing on the charge and pay a $40,000 fine.

Medeiros appeared at Thursday’s meeting via teleconference from Carson City and apologized for the oversight.

He said the approximately $1,600 in illegal casino winnings Boomtown received was donated to a Nevada responsible gaming program.

Contact Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702477-3893. Follow @Rickvelotta on Twitter.

Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-journal @csstevensphoto Christopher Steele sets up a drone at the Nevada Partners Resource Center on Tuesday. A new center for the nonprofit agency is slated to open next to the current one in December and will house the new Intel Future Skills Program.