SISTERS, Ore. - The Oregon Department of Transportation is demanding repayment of half of a $733,000 grant to the Sisters Eagle Airport, claiming the money was misused. The letter goes into details about why ODOT is demanding repayment of about half of the ConnectOregon program grant, which totals hundred of thousands of dollars.
The ConnectOregon grant was supposed to be used to expand the runway at Sisters Eagle Airport. ODOT sent a 12-page letter to the airport's owners on Tuesday, detailing a financial review that found them to be out of compliance with the program's requirements.
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