HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — While those who can stop the federal government shutdown are in Washington, D.C, some of the people who have been impacted by it are right here in Arkansas.

That’s something Jared Eakin, the executive director of Scars and Stripes in Hot Springs, has noticed.

“We're a veteran service organization,” Eakin described. “And we try to address [the] life stressors that the veterans are going through.”

As a veteran himself, Eakin is someone who has been especially passionate about the group’s mission.

Recently, he ran into a bit of trouble while trying to help Brenda Stuart, a Hot Springs resident and the wife of a deceased veteran.

“When I went to access the National Archives, it gave the message that due to the government shutdown, we were unable to access these documen

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