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HOUGHTON The Houghton County Board of Commissioners approved the sale of two lots at the Houghton County Airpark to a proposed charter school at its monthly meeting Tuesday.Â
The county sold lots 19 and 20 of the airpark to the Copper Island Academy for $50,000.Â
The lots have been up for sale for almost seven years now, said Airport Manager Dennis Hext.Â
“So this is a good deal for the county because they don’t have all the utilities that other lots in the industrial park have,” he said.Â
Power and water run to the site already, Hext said. The academy would be responsible for lining up sewer, internet and other services.
SWEETWATER COUNTY Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport Director Devon Brubaker informed the Sweetwater County Commissioners Tuesday that an executive order is now requiring face masks to be worn while at the airport, including areas outside the terminal building, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus.
As of 11:59 pm Monday, President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel went into effect nationally, which requires travelers to wear face masks when they are in airports, bus and rail stations, as well as while on passenger aircraft, public transportation, passenger railroads, and over-the-road buses operating on scheduled fixed-routes.
SWEETWATER COUNTY The Sweetwater County Commissioners will be hearing a Sweetwater County Fire Department briefing on the 2020 fire year, and will be taking action on a few requests from the fire department during their meeting.
During the Commission meeting Tuesday at 8:30 am, Sweetwater County Fire Warden Mike Bournazian will be providing an annual briefing on the 2020 fire year. Additionally, the Commissioners will be considering the approval of hiring 14 seasonal positions for the County Fire Department.
Of the 14 positions, two are nine-month positions, eight are six-month, and four are three-month positions. The seasonal personnel are to be hired March 1, 2021. The total cost for the hires will be approximately $254,700.
- January 27, 2021, 9:20 AM
Republican leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) are hoping to help spur expedited airport construction projects under a new bill that facilitates the use of incentives for early completion of runways and other such work. Introduced by T&I committee ranking member Sam Graves (R-Missouri) and aviation subcommittee ranking member Garret Graves (R-Louisiana), the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2021 (H.R. 468) would make early construction completion incentives eligible for federal grants through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
The bill reverses a stumbling block in place for use of AIP funds for incentives, taking an approach in use for road and bridge projects, the lawmakers said. Under the bill, the incentives must be for projects that would increase capacity and efficiency and result in cost savings as a result of the shortened project. In addition, the bill would cap the incentives to 5 pe