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ROCK SPRINGS — The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport has received a $3 million Wyoming Business Council grant that will act as a crucial component in moving forward with the Commercial Terminal Modernization Project. The State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) approved the airport’s application for a $3 million Wyoming Business Council Business Ready Community Grant at their meeting Thursday morning. “This $3 million in funding is one of the final pieces of funding to move forward with our $19.5 million Commercial Terminal Modernization Project. To date, the airport has secured just ...

SWEETWATER COUNTY — During the Sweetwater County Commission meeting this morning, the commissioners unanimously approved a request to accept a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program agreement. Under the agreement, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport will receive a little over $1 million. At the meeting, Airport Executive Director Devon Brubaker said the agreement is coming from two different programs for a total of $1,013,325.  The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act signed into law on December 27, 2020, includes nearly $2...

WYOMING — The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) and the Wyoming Airports Coalition unveiled the results of the 2020 Aviation Economic Impact Study today, which is the first study done since 2013. Study results showed that in 2020 air service had a $2 billion impact on the annual economic activity in the state, employed nearly 22 thousand people, and contributed over $87 million in state and local tax revenues. In 2013, aviation generated $1.4 million in economic activity, employed 12,000 people, and contributed $55 million in tax revenues. Devon Brubaker, Southwest Wyoming Regi...

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 pas...

ROCK SPRINGS — The Rock Springs City Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the repayment of $1 million borrowed from Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport which was used to complete the construction of the Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport’s snow removal equipment building. During tonight’s Council meeting, the Council approved the transfer of $1 million from the Southwest Wyoming’s Regional Airport to Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport. According to the resolution, in 2020 the City of Rock Springs and Sweetwater County borrowed $1 million from the Northeast Wyoming Regi...