Montrose Regional Airport is one of the first in the nation to implement a new air traffic technology which is expected to decrease fuel burn and ensure arrival even during Colorado’s hazardous weather conditions. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has introduced a new surveillance system called Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) which was created to help [...]

Beginning Monday, Montrose Regional Airport will begin construction on the extension of the Bravo 1 taxiway.  This taxiway will run parallel to the airport’s secondary runway.  That one will be closed for the duration of this project as of tomorrow.  The airport’s primary runway will remain open 24 hours a day to all general and [...]

Mesa County Dept. of Human Services continues to realign. In a continuing effort to realign the Mesa County Dept. of Human Services, another supervisor was given the pink slip.  The Daily Sentinel has learned that County Human Resources Manager Sandy Perry has confirmed that Greg Meier, a child welfare supervisor who had been with the [...]

Last week, during the Hotchkiss Town Council meeting one of the town deputies was awarded a Merit of Valor for his actions January 27th. Mountain Valley News writes that Deputy Marshal Scott Featheringill received a call to a home on E. Main Street in Hotchkiss on a report of a fire.  He knew that Norma [...]

Montrose Regional Airport received a $250,000 grant approved by the Governor. The money will go to terminal expansion. More than 93,000 passengers pass through Montrose’s airport terminal each year, and the current space just isn’t cutting it. According to Governor Ritter’s office, $5.7 million will be distributed among Colorado airports for various improvement projects. Source: [...]