ASHEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina and Tennessee became the latest states to pay to reopen a national park as businesses feel the pinch of the lingering federal government shutdown.
Great Smoky Mountains National park, which straddles the two states, will open Wednesday. The states will pay its operational costs through Sunday.
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North Carolina will spend $75,000 and Tennessee, and two of its counties, will spend $305,000 to reopen the park during the peak of
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