Arlington Convention Ctr: Arlington Municipal Airport gets federal grant for runway, navigation improvements

The federal government is giving Arlington Municipal Airport a $974,668 grant to improve facilities for local aviators and businesses. The grant will allow the airport install new runway guidances systems for users of the airfield in the northern Snohomish County city. Arlington Airport director David Ryan said the money helps pay for three parts of the project: new LED lighting on the main runway, LED lighting on a taxiway that is now unlit and asphalt replacement on that same taxiway. "Work...