Utah and Arizona will pay to keep national parks open if federal government shutdown occurs
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, Sunday, 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)
By ANITA SNOW
Associated Press
PHOENIX — Arizona and Utah will keep iconic national parks in those states open if a shutdown of the federal government threatens access to Arizona’s orange-striped Grand Canyon and the sheer red cliffs of Utah’s Zion Valley....
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