7/20/2012: Crawford Co. gets Utica well; airport traffic drops in Scranton.

- Crawford County has its first Utica Shale well, and there’s expected to be a second drilled soon. (Meadville Tribune)

- Fewer passengers boarded flights in June at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport compared to the same month a year ago, a decrease attributed in part to a drop in gas drilling. (Scranton Times-Tribune)

- Pennsylvania business and government leaders are teaming up to promote the economic benefits of natural-gas drilling in the state. (Associated Press)

- 21 high-school students attended the inaugural Marcellus summer camp earlier this month at Mansfield University, where they learned about the gas industry. (University press release)