January 22, 2019
Doors remain closed at Grand Canyon National Park Headquarters on the South Rim as a federal government shutdown begins its fifth week. The shutdown is currently the longest running shutdown in U.S. history as Democrats and Republicans remain divided on a budget and funding for the construction of a border wall between Mexico and the United States. (Loretta Yerian/WGCN)
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Federal emplyees have not received a paycheck in over a month, including national park employees on the South Rim at Grand Canyon National Park, and this, along with the growing impacts to the park, is starting to weigh on many employees.