Finally open: Govt. shutdown over...for now; Lincoln Ranger District staff back at work

An agreement to re-open the federal government saw the staff of the Lincoln Ranger District return to work Monday even as the possibility of a second shutdown in three weeks’ looms.

The Lincoln Ranger district offices have been closed, and most of the employees furloughed, since Dec. 22, when an impasse between President Donald Trump and Congress over funding for a border wall between the U.S. and...