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HOW LONG IS INDEFINITELY? – The North Cascades National Park’s Park and Forest Information Center in Sedro-Woolley is closed, a victim of the partial government shutdown that has shuttered about one-eighth of federal agencies and affected some 800,000 employees. – Photo by Ken Stern
The entire country, every citizen, has been forced to confront national politics. This issue’s front-page government shutdown counter has flipped to 26 from last week’s 19. The paper is prepared to place day 33 on next week’s front page. That is not our choice. It is reporting the facts.
Next week an article will look at the shutdown’s effects on the school district, the Swinomish Tribe and Skagit County, and local institutions with federal contacts.
Maybe you have flown recently or plan to. Maybe you will file federal taxes. Maybe you want to ski, hike, camp or otherwise explore a national pa...
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