Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Sweetwater Co. approves flight subsidy

The Sweetwater County Commission has approved a subsidy to keep SkyWest Airlines service between the Rock Springs/Sweetwater County Airport and Salt Lake City. Green River, Rock Springs, Sweetwater County and the state combine to pay the subsidy. Sweetwater County's share is a little more than $244,000. Rock Springs pays about $179,000 and Green River contributes is a little under $120,000. Wyoming pays almost $1.4 million. The terms of the contract runs from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013. SkyWest offers two roundtrips flights a day between Salt Lake City and Rock Springs and one roundtrip flight between Gillette and Rock Springs.

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