An artist’s rendering showing the front of Sky River Casino, set to open next year in Elk Grove, has been released in a gallery of images. The Wilton Rancheria casino broke ground Tuesday at the former “Ghost Mall” site south of Sacramento. SKY RIVER CASINO

A federal appellate court Friday removed a final roadblock in the Wilton Rancheria tribe’s effort to build its long-sought casino, rejecting a local group’s effort to stop the Interior Department from acquiring the land that’s now the site of the planned resort.