Southwest Oregon Regional Airport

The Coos County Airport District's masterplan expects passengers to triple by 2043, partly due to an additional route to Portland.

Officials say five people were hurt when a small corporate plane skidded off a runway and into the water in Oregon. The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport says the aircraft went off the runway and into Coos Bay after 6 a.m. Monday.

The only commercial airport on the Oregon Coast has received a hefty grant to build a new rescue and fire-fighting station.$6.5 million from the Federal…