No Rangers And Hikers On Their Own, The Shutdown’s Impact On National Parks

How the government shutdown is impacting national parks and hikers during peak fall season. Trails are left unattended, ...

National park communities may lose millions each day during the shutdown

Small towns near national parks are losing millions each day as the government shutdown forces reduced staffing and visitor ...

As tourists continue to visit national parks and DC, advocates and local businesses warn about long-term impact of shutdown

The government shutdown didn’t deter 26-year-old Nudrat Mahajabin from visiting Grand Canyon National Park earlier this month ...

I Tried to Toughen Up My Son. Things Didn’t Go as Planned.

Still, I hadn’t gotten past my fear of him being bullied — and I couldn’t quite let go of my mission to toughen him up. And ...

Cross-country roundup: NLS girls take the title

New London-Spicer freshman Kyla Vick repeated as the Wright County Conference West champion, as did her Wildcats, on a gloomy, chilly and rainy Thursday. Vick, who is ranked eighth in Class A, broke ...
WYFF

Great Smoky Mountains National Park faces partial closure amid government shutdown

CAROL. THANK YOU JANE. THIS TIME OF YEAR, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA HITS TOURISM SEASON STRIDE. BUT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNDERWAY, ONE POPULAR NATIONAL PARK COULD PARTIALLY SHUT DOWN. OUR PEYTON ...
Forbes

National Parks To Furlough Nearly 9,300 Staff But Stay Partially Open During Shutdown—Here’s What To Know

The Trump administration is repeating its 2018 shutdown tactics, leaving national parks partially open with many fewer staff and services—which national park advocacy groups say is “not just ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

Great Smoky Mountains National Park facilities will close in the government shutdown

A federal government shutdown will close facilities in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Roads and trails will likely stay open, but services like restrooms and trash pickup will stop. Most ...
The Courier-Journal

Mammoth Cave, other national park sites face limited services during government shutdown

National Park Service sites in Kentucky appear to be operating without several services normally offered to visitors after a federal government shutdown began Oct. 1. While roadways and trails ...
The Fresno Bee

What happens at Yosemite, other national parks with government shutdown coming?

UPDATE: Yosemite and other national parks will remain partially open with skeleton crews during the government shutdown, according to a National Park Service contingency plan released Tuesday evening.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

What happens to Yellowstone National Park if the federal government shuts down?

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The alerts page on Yellowstone National Park’s website Monday afternoon warned that Biscuit Basin ...