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WINTERSVILLE — The Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority’s Board of Trustees approved its 10-year Airport Capital Improvement Plan for submission to t

WINTERSVILLE — The Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority Board of Trustees’ regular meeting Monday began by remembering 9/11 and included discussion a

agrimm@heraldstaronline.com WINTERSVILLE — The project to resurface the taxiway at the Geary A. Bates Jefferson County Airpark is one step closer to pavement going down. Monday, at the monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Airport Authority Board of Directors, bids were received from three potential contractors interested in completing the work. The bids, all from companies located in Ohio, ranged from $2,680,091 to $2,897,802. Rayland’s Shelly and Sands had the low bid. All three b...

agrimm@heraldstaronline.com WINTERSVILLE — March was a record month for the Geary A. Bates Jefferson County Airpark. Airpark manager Brian Thaxton told the Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority board during Monday’s meeting that the airpark handled 560 operations during the month, which was higher than anticipated for this early in the year, and sold some 8,245 gallons of jet fuel. That total, he said, was a record for the facility. “March was a pretty big month for us,” Thaxt...

Staff writer WINTERSVILLE — The Jefferson County Regional Airport Authority board met Monday, approving a letter drafted by board president Brandon Reese to be sent to the Jefferson County commissioners. The letter detailed the airport authority’s position on a potential move of Wintersville County Court into the former Cross Creek Township building at 251 Airpark Drive. The letter said the court would be “a suitable addition to the county government complex” in addition to the Jeffer...