By Mary Jo Pitzl | The Arizona Republic
The Grand Canyon National Park will re-open Saturday under the terms of a deal Gov. Jan Brewer reached late Friday with federal officials.
The state will pay $651,000, covering a weeks’ worth of costs for re-opening the entire park.
The money will come from a mix of state and “other” dollars, Brewer spokesman Andrew Wilder said, including funds contributed by Tusayan businesses.
The announcement came after an afternoon conference call to iron out the details, and after the Interior Department had reached similar re-opening agreements with Utah and Colorado.
The park closed last week when a partial federal government shutdown took effect.
