Last Friday, October 12th, a grand opening ceremony was held at the new Mingo County Air Transportation Park (a.k.a. Appalachian Regional Airport) with Congressman Nick Joe Rahall as the keynote speaker.  The Mingo County Airport Authority and the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority hosted the grand opening and celebrated the fruition of one of Mingo County’s greatest public/private partnerships to date, one that the late Mike Whitt and so many others worked tirelessly and passionately to make a reality.