MOAB, Utah, July 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day comment period for an updated A1 Lithium Incorporated Mineral Exploration Project Environmental Assessment, which analyzes a proposal to re-enter two plugged and abandoned wellbores and assess potentially valuable lithium and associated mineral salt deposits on federal lands approximately eight miles west o  more

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan, July 27 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: By Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac, 18th Wing Public Affairs History is being made during exercise Northern Edge 23-2 as the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing, working with the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Test Center, sent their modified KC-135 Stratotanker to Kadena Air Base, Japan, for use in the Western Pacific. The KC-135, equipped with the Real-Time Information in the C  more

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan, July 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Senior Airman Sebastian Romawac, 18th Wing Public Affairs History was made during exercise Northern Edge 23-2 as the Utah Air National Guard's 151st Air Refueling Wing, working with the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Test Center, sent their modified KC-135 Stratotanker to Kadena Air Base for use in the Western Pacific. The KC-135, equipped with the Real-Time Information in the Cockpit system, otherwi  more

WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on July 26, 2023: The Federal Communications Commission today announced it is committing nearly $55 million in a new funding round through the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program, which provides digital tools and services to support students in communities across the country. Today's funding commitment supports applications from the third application window, benefitting approximately 115,000 students   more

HILL AFB, Utah, July 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Jon Bingham, 75th Air Base Wing History Office Many of the Hill Air Force Base military members are unlikely to find themselves facing off with adversaries on a battlefield or engaged in aerial combat, unlike some of their Team Hill colleagues in the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings. It is indisputable, however, that the work done in the wings, depots, and directorates across the c  more

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Researchers report microbial community composition is distinctly different in 2 tectonic settings * * * South America's Andes Mountains, the world's longest mountain range and home to some of the planet's highest peaks, feature hundreds of hot springs. Driven by plate tectonics and fueled by hot rock and fluids, their thermal discharges vary widely in geochemistry and microbial diversity. Utah St  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, July 28 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe issued the following news: By Senior Airman Madelyn Keech, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The 435th Construction and Training Squadron hosted their first full Air Force Force Generation Silver Flag mission qualification course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 24-28, 2023. More than 150 total force U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron, Air National Guard Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala  more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, July 28 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: As part of a pre-announced Department of Defense deployment, a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs has arrived in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility. While deployed in support of Air Forces Central missions, the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Hill AFB, Utah will help defend interests, promote regional security and safeguard freedom of navigation in the region. In   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Chinatown Supermarket LLC, Chinatown Wholesale LLC violated labor law * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $502,609 in back wages and liquidated damages for 148 people employed by one of Utah's largest Asian grocers after the agency filed suit to stop the employer from interfering with an investigation into employer's compliance with the Fair Labor Standar  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, July 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah, Trina A. Higgins, issued the following news release on July 27, 2023: A foreign national was sentenced today to 10 years' imprisonment after he admitted to distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George. According to court documents, Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was recei  more