WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Up to $1.61 Billion CHIPS Investment Will Support Multiple Projects in Texas and Utah to Help Increase Production of Semiconductors Important for U.S. Economic and National Security Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Texas Instruments (TI) up to $1.61 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS Incentives Program's Funding Opportunity for Commercial  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ST. GEORGE, Utah The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today issued decisions regarding the Utah Department of Transportation's 2021 Northern Corridor right-of-way grant in Washington County. In recognition of the need to identify a northern transportation route that will improve east-west traffic congestion in the area, the BLM endorsed the Red Hill  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $62.8 million grant award to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) to support a new bus rapid transit (BRT) route to provide fast, frequent public transportation in Salt Lake County, Utah. The Midvalley Express will improve accessibility, frequency, and connections  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced an updated Western Solar Plan to help guide efficient and environmentally responsible solar energy permitting on public lands across the West. The plan will guide the siting of solar energy proposals in areas with fewer resource conflicts, advance the nation's growing clean energy economy, help lower energy costs for consumers, create good-paying jobs, ta  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced an updated Western Solar Plan to help guide efficient and environmentally responsible solar energy permitting on public lands across the West. The plan will guide the siting of solar energy proposals in areas with fewer resource conflicts, advance the nation's growing clean energy economy, help lower energy costs for consumers, cr  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: A grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today charging Special Agent David Cole of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 50, of South Jordan, Utah, with conspiring with another HSI special agent to sell alpha-PHP, a drug commonly referred to as "bath salts," in Utah. According to court documents, Cole and another HSI special agent used their status as federal law enforcemen  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Colorado Field Office issued the following news release: * * * UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.56 billion pounds in November, down 3 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in November 2023. Beef production, at 2.22 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.57 million head, down 6 p  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Dec. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service issued the following news release from the Mountain Regional Field Office: * * * UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.56 billion pounds in November, down 3 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in November 2023. Beef production, at 2.22 billion pounds, was 3 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.57 million   more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Dec. 20 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following order (No. UE-240239) on Dec. 19, 2024, by Jeff Killip, executive director and secretary: * * * In the Matter of the Application of PACIFICORP d/b/a PACIFIC POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, For Order Approving an Agreement for Transfer of [PROPERTY DESCRIPTION] to LHM DEV E, LLC ORDER 01 GRANTING APPLICATION BACKGROUND 1 On April 9, 2024, PacifiCorp d/b/a Pacific Power And Light Company,   more