BAKER (NV) — Recent layoffs at Great Basin National Park have raised concerns within the small town of Baker. Located about 290 miles north of Las Vegas, it is the gateway community to our state's only national park.

Five employees, or 20% of the staff, of Nevada's Great Basin National Park, were let go this past weekend, according to an employee of the park.

The Trump administration’s mass layoffs across federal agencies have reached Great Basin National Park, with 20% of park staff fired as a result, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.