DENVER, Colorado, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: * * * Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, including detailed information on the management of toxic chemicals from facilities in EPA's Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Da  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $10 million in refunds to consumers who paid for a real estate investment training program that allegedly made empty promises about earning big profits "flipping" houses. The FTC and the Utah Division of Consumer Protection sued Response Marketing Group, LLC in November 2019, alleging that the company, its affiliates Nudge, LLC and BuyPD,   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Four men were sentenced last week for participating in an eight-year investment fraud and money laundering scheme that defrauded over a dozen victims around the world out of more than $18 million. John C. Nock, 55, of Fayetteville, Arkansas, founder of The Brittingham Group, was sentenced on March 14 to 20 years and 10 months in prison; Brian Brittsan, 67, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced   more

HILL AFB, Utah, March 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: A new flexible workspace will allow the 309th Aircraft Maintenance Group to continue F-16 aircraft maintenance while Hangar 225 undergoes much needed renovations. Maintainers will use a Tactical Aircraft Maintenance Structure, a 110,000-square-foot facility built specifically to allow uninterrupted maintenance on F-16 aircraft while Hangar 225's 24 F-16 repair docks are vacated du  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: One man from Colorado and two from Utah were found guilty in the District of Columbia today of felony and misdemeanor charges related to their conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Their actions and those 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.  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: On March 20, 2024, the Park City School District in Utah signed a resolution agreement to resolve the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation of seven complaints of unlawful harassment filed in 2023. The complaints alleged that ongoing harassment based on race, national origin (including antisemitic harassment), disability, and sex created hostile environments for   more