KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 13, 2023, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Utah - 2022": In 2022, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.4 percent in Utah, sig  more

MOAB, Utah, Feb. 18 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management's Utah State Office issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is pleased to welcome Dave Pals as the new field manager for the Moab Field Office. Pals brings experience in natural resources management, geology, and knowledge of the Moab area to his new role. Prior to a six-month stint as the acting field manager for the Moab Field Office, Pals served as the assistant fiel  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release: * * * Initial training on four campuses in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Utah * * * To help meet the need for auto technicians in the growing electric vehicle industry, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced a national partnership with Mercedes-Benz USA to train Job Corps students initially at centers in Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Utah for aut  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $18,914,000 from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address emerging contaminants, like Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Utah. This investment, which is allocated to states and territories, will be made available to communities as grants through EPA's Emerging Contaminants   more

HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news on Feb. 15, 2023: By Micah Garbarino, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs There is a barn on Hill Air Force Base that houses things weighing thousands of pounds that can maim an untrained person in many ways if they do not move safely and efficiently. It's called the "load barn," and it is owned by the men and women of the 388th Logistics Support Squadron's Weapons Standardization Fl  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Legacy Management issued the following news: In fall 2022, the Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Program and their strategic partners safeguarded 80 abandoned uranium mine features in eastern Utah. From mid-November to mid-December, Office of Legacy Management (LM) DRUM partners, Utah Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Program (AMRP) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Moab Field Office, closed hazardous openings at the mines to pro  more