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Investigators stand along the trail where a woman's body was found, Thursday, July 26, 2018 near Brevard, N.C. Sara Ellis, a female cook who went missing at a scenic North Carolina inn was killed by a co-worker during a hike and left along a path near the famed Blue Ridge Parkway, federal authorities said Thursday. (Angela Wilhelm/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)

Slaying at scenic mountain inn rattles seasonal workers

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Jason Morris talks to people on a motorcycle at the closed park entrance on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013 in Ariz. More than 400 national parks are closed as Congress remains deadlocked over federal government funding. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff)

National Park rangers ordered to keep visitors out of privately run businesses

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Park rangers on Friday were turning away people who want to visit the Pisgah Inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in an effort to enforce the National Park Service's decision to shut down the private establishment during the government shutdown. A Times reader sent in photos of the rangers blocking the entrance. (Image provided by Sloane Salzman)

Blue Ridge hotel defies Park Service shutdown

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times