WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 4 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Air Force Institute of Technology's Education with Industry fellow Master Sgt. Nicholas Pender served as health and safety officer for the American Public University System Analog Research Group's first analog astronaut mission to The Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station in February 2023. Located in Hanksville, Utah, MDRS is a private facility that supports research to enable human space   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: Nevada had the highest unemployment rate in February 2023, 5.5 percent, followed by Oregon, 4.7 percent. North Dakota and South Dakota had the lowest jobless rates, 2.1 percent each. The next lowest rates were in Nebraska, 2.3 percent, and Montana and Utah, 2.4 percent each. The rates in Maryland (2.9 percent), Montana (2.4 percent), and Wisconsin (2.  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior recently announced a nearly $585 million investment from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for infrastructure repairs on water delivery systems. Funds will support 83 projects across all five Reclamation regions, including eight projects in the Upper Colorado Basin Region. "These projects have been identified through a rigo  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 4, 2023: * * * Made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, new funding will help ensure communities have access to clean and safe drinking water * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $62,283,000 to Utah for essential drinking water infrastructure upgrades through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). Thanks to a $6 billion boo  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. 02-378): The Region 41 (Utah) 700 MHz Utah Regional Planning Committee (URPC) and the Region 41 800 MHz National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) Planning Committee will hold two consecutive annual planning meetings on Thursday, May 18, 2023, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., at the Utah Communications Authority Office, 5215 Wiley Post Way  more

HILL AFB, Utah, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Team Hill welcomed the newest chief master sergeants to the rank during a Chief Master Sergeant Recognition Ceremony held March 31, 2023 in Ogden, Utah. Inductees, family members and guests gathered for the annual event that included a customary recognition followed by dinner, guest speakers, and a ceremony. Only 1% of the entire enlisted force will earn the rank of chief. Chief   more

HILL AFB, Utah, April 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Micah Garbarino, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Two 388th Logistics Support Squadron maintainers are accelerating change by using their design skills to create sturdier covers for air data ports on F-35A Lightning IIs. Their design protects a critical part of the aircraft and can be produced in-house, reducing the replacement cost of a failed part from more than $600 to unde  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda to rebuild our nation's infrastructure and make communities more resilient to the climate crisis, the Department of the Interior today announced $20 million for four small surface and groundwater storage projects in California and Utah. These projects, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, are essential tools to help   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:22-cv-05761; E.D.N.Y. filed Sept. 27, 2022) involving Matthew Nicosia, William Reininger, Fabrizio Di Carlo and Ronald Touchard: * * * SEC Obtains Over $1 Million Final Judgment Against Three Individuals in Microcap Fraud Scheme Targeting Retail Investors * * * On April 4, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered final judgments against Utah resident   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Starting in May and continuing through November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the monthly Agricultural Yield Survey. The information captured in this survey will help NASS track changes in yields that can occur due to weather, pests, disease, and  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release on April 6, 2023: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced $5.8 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Utah. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than a mile  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Utah returned an indictment charging a foreign national and former religious club president at Utah State University with CARES Act fraud. According to the indictment, Mubarak Sulaiman Ukashat, 36, of Kaysville, Utah, who was living in Taylorsville, Utah, at the time of the alleged crime, executed a scheme to steal money intended for small b  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * The Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda: Delivering for Utah Companies have committed to invest over $11 billion in Utah since President Biden took office For decades, the U.S. exported jobs and imported products, while other countries surpassed us in critical sectors like infrastructure, clean energy, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Thanks to President Biden's Investing in Amer  more