Updated January 29, 2019

Great Smoky Mountains National Park has resumed regular operations after the end of the partial federal government shutdown.

Park officials said in a news release Monday that visitor centers have reopened seven days a week and reservation services for the frontcountry and backcountry are fully operational. All park staffers are back to work.

During the shutdown that began Dec. 22, the park that straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border stayed open and maintained many basic services on weekends and holidays with money from partners and recreation fee revenues.