After delays, runway expansion at Eagle Butte Airport complete

Total cost runs nearly $1M higher than anticipated

Work on a runway expansion and resurfacing project at the Eagle Butte Airport is essentially complete, albeit nearly two years after it was originally scheduled to be complete and with a price tag nearly $1 million higher than anticipated.

Funding for the nearly $5.1 million project included more than $4.9 million from the Federal Aviation Administr…