moving to expand the airport<\/a> and accommodate a growing customer base for a growing region. In 2023, the airport broke ground on a new terminal. And that terminal opened just in time for Christmas and New Year travel.\u00a0
\nOfficials in the Bay Area city of Dublin voted unanimously this week to oppose using a closed federal women\u2019s prison as an immigration detention facility, or for any type of incarceration.\u00a0<\/p>\nFresno Yosemite International Airport may be small compared to other larger hubs, but in recent years it has been busier than ever.<\/p>\n
Over 2 million travelers passed through the airport last year alone \u2013 a testament to both the growing region and its expanding customer base.\u00a0To meet the demand, the City of Fresno began major renovations and expansion projects at the airport in 2023. A new air terminal opened Wednesday just in time for the busy holiday season.<\/p>\n
The city and county of Fresno have also recently embarked on new projects that seek to transform the region\u2019s future and signal the region\u2019s shifting economy. A regional rail system is being explored at the county level to connect rural communities. That\u2019s in addition to construction for the state\u2019s high-speed rail that will cut through the city and include a major station. At the airport, flyers will soon see a refreshed terminal with wider TSA lines and a floor-to-ceiling mural anchoring the space. City leaders have also unveiled a new airport mascot, a blue bird wearing an aviator hat.<\/p>\n
But while construction has steadily moved forward, the expansion faced uncertainty earlier this year when federal funding for Fresno was put at risk.\u00a0Mayor Jerry Dyer said the city was notified that hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants could be pulled. The funding was not only for the airport improvements, but also for other major projects such as housing, transportation, capital improvement projects, and environmental safety.\u00a0A total of $642 million were at risk, Dyer said.\u00a0According to city officials, the funding threats were tied to language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion included in grant applications. City leaders viewed the move as federal overreach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the morning\u2019s top stories on Thursday, December 18, 2025\u2026 Fresno Yosemite International Airport may be considered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-101210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}