TOQUERVILLE, Utah, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced a $35 million investment from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for six small surface and groundwater storage projects in California and Utah. The projects, each receiving funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will increase water supply reliability, improve operational flexibility community and landscap  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Health and Human Services Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A-18-21-09001) on March 15, 2024, entitled "Utah Medicaid Management Information Systems and Eligibility and Enrollment System Security Controls In Place, but Improvements Are Needed" filed under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Here are excerpts: * * * Report in Brief Why OIG Did This Audit We are conducting a series of audits of State Medicaid Management Informati  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 15 Arizona counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Busine  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 30 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 15 Arizona counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 20 Colorado counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Busine  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 20 Colorado counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These loans o  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 33 New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 29 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Small nonfarm businesses in 33 New Mexico counties and neighboring counties in Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administrati  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A Utah County businessman was arrested today after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City on March 20, 2024, for wire fraud. Robert Blake Molling, 41, of Lehi, Utah, is accused of fraudulently obtaining over $1.8 million in federal government disaster relief funds. According to court documents, from March 2020 to April 2022, Molling  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Three Tooele County residents accused of running a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud ring will appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge today following a federal indictment. The indictment, returned by a grand jury on Feb. 28, 2024, includes charges of wire fraud and aiding and abetting during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to court document  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment today, charging a foreign national living in Utah with multiple drug crimes. The woman allegedly possessed and intended to distribute large amounts of narcotics including heroin, methamphetamine and 11,700 fentanyl pills. According to court documents, Martha Isela Navarro Chapas, 31, of Wes  more