KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 26, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Utah - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.4 percent in Ut  more

MOAB, Utah, Feb. 29 -- The National Park Service Canyonlands National Park issued the following news release: Canyonlands National Park is beginning planning for a comprehensive river management plan for the Green and Colorado rivers. The park is asking for initial input to help shape a plan that will address public and commercial use and resource protection on the rivers. The comprehensive river management plan will identify management strategies and solutions to address changing visitation p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections - Silver State Industries conducted a saddle-started wild horse adoption event at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center on February 24, 2024. Forty-one qualified bidders including successful adopters from all over the United States attended the event. All available horses were success  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Lena Pace as superintendent of Arches and Canyonlands national parks. This group of parks in southeastern Utah preserve some of the most striking geologic landscapes and significant Indigenous cultural sites on the northern Colorado Plateau. Pace will officially begin her new assignment on April 7. The position also supervises the sup  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green, 27, of Utah, were charged in a superseding indictment, unsealed yesterday in U.S. District Court, with the February 14, 2024, attack on the U.S. Constitution housed at the National Archives in Washington D.C. Zepeda and Green are charged with felony destruction of government property for dumping a fine red powder over the docu  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: A California resident pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting wire fraud, which led to defrauding the federal government of approximately $114,066 in unemployment benefits during COVID-19, while he was living and working in Utah. He also admitted to aiding and abetting others to fraudulently apply and pay him as compensation. According to court docu  more

ST. GEORGE, Utah, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in St. George returned an indictment charging three Cedar City residents with firearm offenses after they were accused of stealing multiple guns from C-A-L Ranch Stores, a licensed dealer of firearms, in Cedar City, Utah. According to court documents, Russell Wesley Gruber, 29, of Cedar City, Utah; Darrell Glen Devoge, 48, of Cedar City; and Parker Darr  more