County airport sees positive increases

A Green River contractor was awarded a bid to build the new General Aviation Terminal at the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Airport.

A Pleasant Construction won the bid for the $5.84 million project, construction of which will start Monday. Devon Brubaker, airport manager, said the 75-year-old terminal’s roof started caving in recently, after the bid was opened. He said no local funding outside of what’s spent in furniture, fixtures and equipment will be used in the construction project.

Brubaker said other improvements have recently been made to the airport, including a Federal Aviation Admin...