Near MOUNT PISGAH, N.C. — A day after preparing to close for the rest of the season, workers at the Pisgah Inn were back on the job, and the inn’s owner claimed victory in his showdown over the federal shutdown.
Inn owner Bruce O’Connell said Wednesday the Interior Department of Interior agreed to let him reopen his lodge on the Blue Ridge Parkway in exchange for dropping a legal complaint he had filed.
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The government owns the building and land. O’Connell leases it,
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