KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 14, 2024, entitled "Business Employment Dynamics in Utah - Third Quarter 2023": * * * From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Utah were 97,547, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 92,500, the U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 15, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News The Defense Department is expanding its work with interagency partners to promote sustainable land-use practices at key sites near military installations with the designation of five new sentinel landscapes, the department announced today alongside interagency partners. The newly designated sites in New Mexico, Utah, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and California add to the more tha  more

OGDEN, Utah, May 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Human resource specialists from Hill Air Force Base participated in a career awareness event May 15 at Union Station in downtown Ogden. The event provided a venue for prospective employees to learn about career opportunities at Hill AFB, including skilled trade, acquisition, and non-appropriated positions. It also highlighted how to apply and search for future job openings with Hill.   more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Kendahl Johnson, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Hill Air Force Base's Equal Employment Opportunity Office of Strategy and Integration is inviting individuals interested in helping identify policies, procedures and practices that affect recruitment, representation, retention, and advancement to join the People with Disabilities Program. The affinity group is managed by Greg Bo  more

SPRINGDALE, Utah, May 15 -- The National Park Service Zion National Park issued the following news release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Destination Zion Lodge, LLC to operate visitor services under a 10-year concession contract. The existing lodging, food and beverage, and retail services at Zion National Park will transition to the new concessioner on January 1, 2025. The operation of the Zion Lodge concession contract will provide a significant portion of the services visit  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 15 (TNSres) -- The National Science Board issued the following news: Dario Gil and Victor McCrary will lead the National Science Board (NSB) for the next two years as its respective chair and vice chair. The National Science Foundation Act of 1950 charged the NSB with two roles: governing board of the NSF and advisor to Congress and the President on policy matters related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and STEM education. Gil, Sen  more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A Utah man has been found guilty by a jury for participating in a long-running scheme in which he sent fake invoices on behalf of a shell company to defraud a family-owned organic produce distributor out of $5.8 million, the Justice Department announced today. Kevin Scott Horton, 56, of Saratoga Springs, Utah, was found guilty of seven counts of mail fraud la  more

ST.GEORGE, Utah, May 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Bradford, Leland Fishback, 40, of St. George was sentenced today to over two years' imprisonment, three years' supervised release and ordered by the court to pay $685,845.05 in restitution. The sentence, imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Robert J. Shelby, comes after Fishback admitted to fraudulently obtaining government funds from programs intended to   more