The crew of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford took delivery of the first of 11 weapons elevators from the Newport News Shipyard during their year-long yard period.
About 70 federal agencies are located at the Army's sprawling Redstone Arsenal in HUntsville, Alabama, and more than half the area economy is tied to Washington spending. As the government shutdown drags into a third week, people and businesses that rely on that federal largesse for their livelihood are feeling the partial government shutdown's effects.
