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A bid for Joplin airline service by the existing carrier, SkyWest, will be recommended as the one to accept for renewal of federally subsidized airline service.

JOPLIN, Mo. — SkyWest Airlines is the focus of a potential contract for the Joplin Regional Airport. That’s the recommendation by Joplin Council Members at tonight’s meeting for an Essential Air Service contract. The choice is between SkyWest and Boutique Air. Boutique offered a bid for planes seating nine passengers with at least 30 round […]

Two airlines have submitted bids to provide Joplins future commercial airline service using a federal subsidy.

JOPLIN, Mo (KOAM) - Bubba, a year-and-a-half-old English golden retriever has been deployed at the Joplin Regional Airport after eight months of specialized training. Stationed at the facility for approximately

JOPLIN, Mo. — There’s a new addition to the staffing list at the Joplin Regional Airport — and he stands proudly on four legs. “He’s a character, puts a smile on all the little kids’ faces and all everybody’s faces that come in here,” said Officer Brent Williams, Joplin Police Department. He’s talking about Bubba, […]

Bids will be sought for commercial airline service at the Joplin Regional Airport, although the airport manager says a representative of the existing airline has indicated it is interested in

With a bid price of just north of $7.9 million, construction of a building to house firefighting trucks, equipment and snow removal machines at the Joplin Regional Airport can go

With a bid price of just north of $7.9 million, construction of a building to house firefighting trucks, equipment and snow removal machines at the Joplin Regional Airport can go

JOPLIN, Mo.- Joplin Regional Airport receives a federal grant for modernization.