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Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if shutdown occurs

Anita Snow, Associated Press//September 28, 2023//[read_meter]

Grand Canyon, shutdown, federal government, state parks

Ahmed Alaawaj, of Libya, gets his photo taken by Juan Riaz, of Colombia, at the Grand Canyon National Park entrance in Tusayan, Ariz., October 2013. The friends traveled from Las Vegas to see the Grand Canyon unknowing it was shut down. Arizona's Grand Canyon National Park and all five national parks in Utah will remain open if the U.S. government shuts down on Oct. 1, 2023. Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox say that the parks are important destinations and local communities depend on dollars from visitors. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if shutdown occurs

Anita Snow, Associated Press//September 28, 2023//[read_meter]

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona and Utah will keep the iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the federal government threatens access to Arizona’s orange-striped Grand Canyon...

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