Airport hopefuls all from out of state
Final interviews were conducted this morning and the Coos County Airport Commission could offer the job of executive director to one of three finalists this afternoon. In a perfect world, we ll have a decision made tomorrow, Chairman Mike Lehman sai...
 2.9K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 672.0 Airport new avenue for improved PDX connections
NORTH BEND Airport managers have a new plan to try to get money to add more connections for North Bend passengers at Portland. Executive Director Gary LeTellier said he plans to strategize an application plan with airport directors from Salem and K...
2.2K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 219.0 Airport picks 4 finalists
The Coos County Airport District is getting closer to hiring a new airport director. Commissioners of the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport have lined up four strong contenders for the position and will begin interviewing Thursday. The district began...
1.6K - Sep. 30, 2009; scored 587.0 Airport loses out on grant
Funds that would have helped Southwest Oregon Regional Airport establish more connecting flights in Portland will not come through after all. Last month, Coos County Airport District announced plans to arrange a code share. That would have given pass...
1.9K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 219.0 Runway expansion could take years
NORTH BEND The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s manager has big plans for bigger planes, but it will take a bigger runway. Should the project come to fruition, airport officials likely would face stringent government oversight and maybe oppositi...
3.7K - Aug. 22, 2009; scored 146.0 Airport seeks grant to boost north flights
NORTH BEND Coos County Airport District will apply for a $500,000 grant to arrange for more travel connections for people traveling to and from Portland International Airport. The matching grant would come from the U.S. Department of Tran...
1.6K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 219.0 Airport: Flights north don't need subsidy
NORTH BEND - Coos County airport officials delivered a double helping of good news today: SkyWest Airlines is ending its reliance on public subsidies for passenger service between North Bend and Portland. And flight connections in Portland will impro...
2.9K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 146.0 Airport narrows director candidate list
NORTH BEND The search for the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s new manager will soon come to a close. The Coos County Airport Board expects to see a short list of candidates at an executive session Thursday, Aug. 20, from which the board will se...
1.4K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 189.0 Wanted: Big jets at local airport
BANDON Southwest Oregon Regional Airport s southbound flights are doing well enough for airport officials to begin lobbying for a larger aircraft. In a genial town hall meeting between one of the top brass from SkyWest Airlines and community lead...
4.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 293.0 Airport: Passenger volume improves
Flights between North Bend and San Francisco are doing well enough for SkyWest Airlines to operate without a revenue guarantee. And, though Portland flights still need airport district help, airport officials say they no longer fear losing Portland s...
2.8K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 263.0 Arson investigation continues
North Bend police are still searching for suspects in an arson fire that damaged a building on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport property on May 24. The building houses the offices and a warehouse associated with an apparent salvage yard business. ...
2.0K - Jun. 4, 2009; scored 219.0 Signs target airport manager
NORTH BEND A local business owner upset over the airport s handling of leases has set up a semi-truck sign on Southwest Oregon Regional Airport lease property making a personal attack against the airport s executive director. At this point, no one ...
4.5K - May. 22, 2009; scored 1000.0 Stimulus $1.3 M goes toward taxiway move
The federal government is plunking down $1.3 million in stimulus dollars to provide additional funding for the relocation of Taxiway C at the Southwest Oregon Regional Airport. The money rounds out funds for the $10 million project ...
1.8K - May. 22, 2009; scored 263.0 Airport candidates speak on issues
The airport is important Jon Barton The 69-year-old Coos Bay resident has lived in the Bay Area for 15 years and been visiting family on the South Coast since 1962. Jon Barton Why are you running for airport board? Barton said he realizes the importa...
10.7K - May. 4, 2009; scored 189.0 Swine flu alert posted at airport
The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport posted a Travelers Health Alert Notice on Monday warning fliers about swine flu. Airport staff posted the notices after the Transportation Security Administration e-mailed out information about the disease, with ...
2.8K - Apr. 28, 2009; scored 189.0 Airport steers toward smooth transition
A popular aviation proverb defines a good landing as any landing you can walk away from. The retirement of the North Bend airport's director fits that description. Gary LeTellier has been buffeted by turbulence both economic and political. Southwest ...
2.0K - Apr. 21, 2009; scored 821.0 Airport boss will leave Dec. 31
NORTH BEND -The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport soon will begin searching for a new director. Executive Director Gary LeTellier has announced he will retire Dec. 31. LeTellier has managed the airport since November 2003. Coos County Airport Distric...
3.6K - Apr. 17, 2009; scored 327.0 Airport director to quit
NORTH BEND Gary LeTellier, the executive director at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, announced this morning he will be retiring Dec. 31. Coos County Airport District board members unanimously voted to accept his resignation. The deal includes a ...
1.2K - Apr. 16, 2009; scored 778.0 Airport aims to bolster image
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, struggling to build ridership on Portland flights, has tapped its contingency fund to hire a public relations spokesman. Coos County native Matthew Jarvis, also a broadcast newsman and owner of a startup weekly news...
3.3K - Apr. 8, 2009; scored 278.0 Portland flights falter
Empty seats are slowly sucking dry the subsidy funds for flights between North Bend and Portland. Southwest Oregon Regional Airport's executive director said no money is left for advertising the flights. Coos County Airport District commissioners ag...
3.0K - Mar. 27, 2009; scored 278.0 | 
