HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Victoria Edwards, 2d Audiovisual Squadron Lt. Gen. Robert Miller, U.S. Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Dawn Kolczynski, Chief of the Medical Enlisted Force and Enlisted Corps Chief, visited the 75th Medical Group at Hill Air Force Base earlier this month. During the Feb 9 visit, they discussed readiness and organizational transformation with 75  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Two teams of seven linguists from U.S. Army South and 470th Military Intelligence Brigade from Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston competed at the 6th annual Polyglot Games at the Salt Palace Convention Center at Salt Lake City, Utah, on Feb. 3, 2024. The Polyglot Games, hosted by the 300th Military Inte  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Micah Garbarino, 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Airmen from the active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wings deployed with the 421st Fighter Squadron and Fighter Generation Squadron recently returned from Bamboo Eagle, a week-long exercise that took place over expanses of the western United States and eastern Pacific Ocean. Conducted by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, the exercise ran durin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The Virgin River Campground in the BLM Arizona Strip Field Office area has gone 100% cashless for all campsites at this popular recreation area. "For visitor convenience and to eliminate security issues related to handling and counting cash, we are going to a 100% cashless system through Recreation.gov at the Virgin River Campground," said Randy Beckstrand  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 20, 2024, entitled "Utah Job Openings and Labor Turnover - December 2023": * * * Utah had 85,000 job openings in December 2023, unchanged from November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rate  more

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funding opportunity for projects to reduce pollution and waste through changes in the use of natural resources and materials * * * The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening the FY2024-2025 Regional Source Reduction Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity for applicants in the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming and 28 Tribal Nations   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 20 (TNsres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the state * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $43,861,000 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Utah drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This funding is part of the over $50 billion investment in water infrastru  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Feb. 23, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting: * * * Thank you, Tom. Governor Cox, Mr. Chairman, thank you for your work and your efforts to foster a more constructive, respectful dialogue in our debates. Joe is grateful for your leadership, and I'm grateful to you and Abby for the warm welcome in Utah last month. Good morning. It's great to be here with all of you. Governor  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Maintainers with the 388th Fighter Wing's Logistics Support Squadron recently completed a project that will save training time and lost flying hours by creating a complete engine trainer here. The trainer combines an old, unusable F-135 engine from Pratt and Whitney with a damaged aircraft already used for crash damage recovery courses, to create an environment for more realistic t  more

HILL AFB, Utah, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: The bond between Hill Air Force Base and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8307 Layton was recently strengthened when Chief Master Sgt. Vernon Jackson, the 75th Air Base Wing command chief, signed a VFW membership. "Our post is pleased to work with Hill Air Force Base to expand opportunities to create community with the Airmen and their families. We welcome them," said Rich L  more