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Airport authority lays off 17 workers (The Columbus Dispatch)
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority has cut 17 workers from its payroll, a move it says is unrelated to earlier budget cuts made as a result of air-service declines.Read All Artile
Paralyzed vet from St. Johns meets Oprah (The Florida Times-Union)
Don and Cindi Worley were waiting Tuesday to board their flight home to Jacksonville from Chicago's Midway Airport when they got the call. It was Oprah Winfrey's spokesman.Read All Artile
Ramp Agents at JIA Working in the Cold (First Coast News)
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The First Coast is experiencing some very cold weather. Workers at the airport are used to the conditions.Read All Artile
Airport authority lays off 17 workers (The Columbus Dispatch)
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority has cut 17 workers from its payroll, a result of lower revenue as flight and passenger numbers drop.Read All Artile
UPDATE: Elderly man on Silver Alert shoots, kills himself at Jacksonville airport (The Gainesville Sun)
A Gainesville man who had been missing since Nov. 6 apparently shot and killed himself in his van at the Jacksonville International Airport Friday morning.Read All Artile
Snow falling on Onslow (Jacksonville Daily News)
The first snowflakes of the winter are falling on Onslow County. Flurries have been spotted in Jacksonville, Richlands and elsewhere in the county. The Albert J. Ellis Airport is seeing some snow flurries, but the snow is melting when it hits the ground, said Airport Director Jerry Vickers.Read All Artile
Missing man shoots, kills self in Jacksonville (The Gainesville Sun)
A Gainesville man who had been missing for more than a week was found Friday morning at the Jacksonville International Airport minutes before he apparently shot and killed himself.Read All Artile
Record lows set in area (The Gainesville Sun)
Overnight lows broke standing records in both Gainesville and Ocala as successive cold fronts cast a freezing blanket over North Florida. The official low for Gainesville hit 28 degrees at the airport. The reading dipped below the 31-degree record set for the city in 1951.Read All Artile
Authorities cite fog as possible factor in plane crash (Independent Florida Alligator)
Fog may have made it difficult for the pilot of a plane that crashed near the Gainesville Regional Airport to see the landing lights. The Nov. 7 plane crash killed three Key West residents.Read All Artile
Search ends with Gainesville man's death (Independent Florida Alligator)
A weeklong search for a Gainesville man ended in tragedy in the parking lot of the Jacksonville International Airport Friday morning. Detectives found David Reiser, 66, in his van minutes before he reportedly shot himself in the head.Read All Artile