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.
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 Regional Airport and $1 million from the Riverton Regional Airport to construct a snow removal equipment building at the airport. This will be a partial repayment of the funds loaned for the project.
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.
ROCK SPRINGS The Rock Springs City Council is scheduled to review 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 the Council meeting Tuesday at 7 pm at city hall, the Council will review the transfer of $1 million from the Southwest Wyoming’s Regional Airport’s 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 Regional Airport and $1 million from the Riverton Regional Airport to construct a snow removal equipment building at the airport. This will be a partial repayment of the funds loaned for the project.
(Riverton, WY) – Ahead of the January 15th Airport board meeting, County 10 caught up with Kyle Butterfield, the City of Rivertonâs Public Works Director on how all changes made to the airport name have been updated thus far.
The airport is considered a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements a year), according to the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Central Wyoming Airport however only flies to a single lone destinations to date which is Denver, Colorado. All signage for the airport will be up to date very shortly, in the coming months according to Butterfield.
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âThe city has been coordinating with a local company since early November to replace the letters on the outer wall of the terminal building. We hope to have them updated in the near future. Most other marketing material and signage related to the name change has been updated, including social media accounts and website domain name (centralwyomingairport.com).