SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2023: * * * Still time for eligible Utah County landowners to receive assistance through Regional Conservation Partnership Program. * * * Eligible Utah County landowners within the Camp Williams Sentinel Landscape Project have until January 3, 2024, to apply for assistance. The 2,000-acre zone surrounding Camp Williams is part of a project by the U  more

SPRINGDALE, Utah, Dec. 5 -- The National Park Service Zion National Park issued the following news release: * * * National Park Service is improving campground services and applications for Wilderness permits * * * Effective in 2024, Zion National Park will change fees in campgrounds and start using a new online reservation system for canyoneering, backpacking camping, and other Wilderness permits. "We adopted these changes to improve accessibility and visitor service," Jeff Bradybaugh, Zi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 8, 2023: On Monday, December 11, 2023, Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Diane Farrell will join federal, state and local dignitaries and representatives for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening of the International Trade Administration's (ITA) Pacific Northwest Rural Export Center at the U.S. Commercial Service office in Boise, Idaho. The new   more

MOAB, Utah, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service Southeast Utah Group is pleased to announce Annie Dalton as the 2024 Community Artist in the Parks (CAIP). Annie Dalton was born in Moab but lived all around the southwest as a child. She studied Fine Art and Biochemistry in college, graduating with a BA from Arizona State. Raised by an artist and miner/driller, her art and a love of this landscape and   more

MOAB, Utah, Dec. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: From now through March 2024, park officials plan to burn piles of dead vegetation at various locations within Canyonlands and Arches national parks. These prescribed burns will consume accumulations of woody and herbaceous material left behind from exotic plant management and fuel reduction projects in the parks. Ignitions will occur only when environmental factors align to safe  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Dec. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Todd Cromar, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs F-35 Lightning II maintenance experts at Hill Air Force Base are taking on a seemingly impossible task - stitching two mishap damaged aircraft together into a restored, fully operational F-35. Led by the F-35 Joint Program Office, the project requires a "dream team" of uniquely qualified individuals from the JPO, the 388th Fighter Wing, the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2023: Small nonfarm businesses in 16 Colorado counties and neighboring counties in Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Associate Administrator Francisco Sanchez of SBA's Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Utah man was sentenced today in the District of Columbia after he pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Justin Dee Adams, 49, of West Jo  more