Airport terminal not funded

The Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport did not receive funding from the Federal Aviation Administration for its commercial airport terminal upgrades.

“To say we are disappointed, would be an understatement,” Airport Director Devon Brubaker said. 

However, Brubaker knew there was a lot of strong competition with 2,652 applications totaling $10.9 billion for airport projects. The funding available for this round was $779 million.

“According to our discussions with the FAA, our application was well received and did not have any faults. There were simply more pressing projects in the Nat...