WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Force Pvt. Doyle W. Sexton, 23, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for July 13, 2023. In late 1942, Sexton was a member of the Headquarters Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Isl  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: KANAB, Utah -- The Bureau of Land Management Paria River District will transition to a winter operating schedule for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument's four visitor centers and the Kanab Field Office's Paria Contact Station on a sliding schedule beginning Nov. 15, 2023. Winter hours of operation are as follows: Paria Contact Station, which serves as a permit pickup  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: KANAB, Utah -- The Bureau of Land Management seeks input on a proposal for the direct sale of a 5.27-acre parcel of public land to an adjacent landowner to resolve an inadvertent unauthorized use of public land. The Kanab Field Office manages the parcel located north of Escalante. A Notice of Realty Action published today in the Federal Register. The published land conveyance  more

CANNON AFB, New Mexico, Oct. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force's 27th Special Operations Wing issued the news release: By Airman 1st Class Mateo Parra, 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs On Sept. 22-23, four Air Commandos from the 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron and the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron took first place at the Western Regional Esports Invitational Tournament at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Western Regional Esports Invitational Tournament, host  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: SALT LAKE CITY - The 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) wrapped up their weeklong G3 boot camp at the Western Regional Training Center in Ogden, Utah, on Oct. 20. Historically, brigade, battalion and field hospital S3 (operations) teams attended, but this was the second year the boot camp incorporated S4 (logistics) teams from those units as well. "We're hosting the G3 b  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - After two years in community college searching for what piqued his interest, James Ranstead found it in a Biology for Allied Health class with a focus on nursing and got motivated to "do school." He connected with an Army recruiter, only to be told there were no 68C (practical nursing specialist) slots available. He declined to join as a 68W (combat medic)   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: KANAB, Utah -- On Dec. 14 and Dec. 15, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management Paria River District will support local citizen scientists in support of the National Audubon Society's winter-bird census, called the Christmas Bird Count. "The Christmas Bird Count is an event for all ages," said Kanab Field Office Wildlife Biologist Lisa Church. "Bird count contributions can be tall  more