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Even some viewing areas along roads are blocked off.
• The Black Hills and Badlands Tourism Association says the government shutdown also has closed Badlands National Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument and the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in western South Dakota. The association says some of the parks can

still be seen from nearby roads.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The Pennington County Commission has voted to ban texting while driving in the western South Dakota county.

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