To read this story in English, click here. Ante el aumento del miedo, los expertos en inmigración de Utah comparten lo que puede hacer ahora para prepararse en caso de detención, así como lo que usted y otros pueden hacer si ICE llama a su puerta o llega a su lugar de trabajo. To read this story in English, click here. Poco después de que el presidente Donald Trump endureciera su postura sobre el aumento de las deportaciones y promulgará una serie de políticas para hacerlo, los teléfonos de Holy Cross Ministries no dejaban de sonar. Lorina Tester, abogada y…
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After three coin flips — all heads — and a late runoff, Utah’s second-largest city landed its newest council member Tuesday night. The West Valley City Council filled the vacant seat left behind by now-Utah House Rep. Jake Fitisemanu, a Democrat, at a Tuesday night meeting. After three coin flips — all heads — and a late runoff, Utah’s second-largest city landed its newest council member Tuesday night. The West Valley City Council selected former municipal planning commissioner Cindy Wood to take the District 4 seat vacated by now-Utah House Rep. Jake Fitisemanu. District 4 covers the community’s southwest corner.…
The land in Utah owned by the federal government — about two-thirds of the state — is now under new management. The U.S. Senate confirmed the former North Dakota governor Thursday by a vote of 79 to 18. The land in Utah owned by the federal government — about two-thirds of the state — is now under new management. The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior by a vote of 79 to 18. The Department of the Interior houses the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation…
Utah lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to the anticipated $60 million cut to Utah’s higher education instruction budget — with one senator casting the lone dissenting vote. Utah lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to the anticipated $60 million cut to Utah’s higher education instruction budget — with one senator casting the lone dissenting vote. Utah lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to the anticipated $60 million cut to Utah’s higher education instruction budget — with one senator casting the lone dissenting vote. Sen. Kathleen Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, has been vocal in her opposition to HB1, the higher education base budget bill…
Utah legislators have found a new target for their frustration with Rocky Mountain Power: the utility’s Energy Balancing Account. A new bill is part of a bigger negotiation with Rocky Mountain Power to get back in Utah’s good graces. Utah legislators have found a new target for their frustration with Rocky Mountain Power: the utility’s Energy Balancing Account. Specifically, lawmakers are now questioning whether the EBA benefits Utah customers, or harms them. A bill now in the Senate would eliminate the account and “prohibit cost recovery from Utah ratepayers for facilities and programs primarily benefiting other states.” “It reduces the…
Sean Reyes, while still Utah’s attorney general, stonewalled legislative auditors tasked with investigating his office — withholding travel records, appointments, his involvement with Operation Underground Railroad and details about his own nonprofit, according to a legislative report published Friday afternoon. Embattled former Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes stonewalled legislative auditors tasked with investigating his office, according to their new report. Sean Reyes, while still Utah’s attorney general, stonewalled legislative auditors tasked with investigating his office — withholding travel records, appointments, his involvement with Operation Underground Railroad and details about his own nonprofit, according to a legislative report published Friday afternoon.…
Election officials in two southern Utah counties failed to comply with state law and put the integrity of multiple elections at risk in 2024, according to a performance audit the state Office of the Legislative Auditor General released Friday. Election officials’s mistakes in two southern Utah counties put the integrity of multiple 2024 elections at risk Election officials in two southern Utah counties failed to comply with state law and put the integrity of multiple elections at risk in 2024, according to a performance audit the state Office of the Legislative Auditor General released Friday. In monitoring the March presidential…
Cache Valley • The Cache County Senior Center overflowed with older adults during Wednesday’s lunchtime rush. The Cache County Senior Center is facing overcrowding as the number of seniors in the area continues to grow. Cache Valley • The Cache County Senior Center overflowed with older adults during Wednesday’s lunchtime rush. Maybe it was the mashed potatoes and roast beef being dished out, said patron Barbara Viator, who sat eating the hot meal with her friends. Or, more likely, the Logan resident said, there’s simply more need than the 50-year-old facility can accommodate. “We are bursting at the seams,” Viator…
How much control should a parent have over what their child talks about with a school therapist? That question is at the center of a bill being considered at the Utah Legislature and on Friday, it put the state’s therapy associations at odds with parent groups. How much control should a parent have over what their child talks about with a school therapist? How much control should a parent have over what their child talks about with a school therapist? That question is at the center of a bill being considered at the Utah Legislature and on Friday, it put…
A resolution will be introduced in the Utah State Legislature to allow the state to co-manage the “Mighty Five” national parks. A resolution will be introduced in the Utah State Legislature to allow the state to co-manage the “Mighty Five” national parks. A resolution will be introduced in the Utah State Legislature to allow the state to co-manage the “Mighty Five” national parks. Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, told FOX 13 News he will introduce a bill that would seek to have the state enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Interior to help manage the parks, including addressing…
PARIS — Armored-vehicle makers KNDS and Rheinmetall and defense-electronics firm Thales signed the shareholder agreement for the project company that will develop a future main battle tank for Germany and France, moving a step closer to starting actual work on a program held up for years by wrangling between various partners. KNDS Deutschland, KNDS France, Rheinmetall and Thales will each hold 25% in the new company, which will be based in Cologne, Germany, with the accord signed in Paris on Jan. 23 deemed essential in creating the joint firm, the companies said in statements. The firms announced their plan to…
ROME — Italy’s Leonardo and Turkish drone maker Baykar are discussing a team-up which could see Leonardo’s electronics and radar mounted on Baykar’s drones. Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani visited Baykar’s Turkish facility this week to meet management and check out the firm’s line of drones including the Bayraktar TB2, which has influenced conflicts in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh and Ukraine. “There was a great interest in seeking synergies,” a Leonardo source told Defense News. While Baykar has established a huge presence in the drone market, Leonardo has also sold over 50 of its Falco drone variants and is also a partner on…
While the Defense Department is likely to benefit from OpenAI’s announcement this week that it would invest half a trillion dollars to build new artificial intelligence data centers around the country, Pentagon officials warned that the U.S. lacks the energy resources and computing power to support the new infrastructure — and solving that problem won’t be easy. OpenAI announced the project, dubbed Stargate, on Tuesday, pledging an initial $100 billion — plus another $400 billion over the next five years — to build new AI infrastructure across the U.S. and create “hundreds of thousands of American jobs” in the process.…
The Trump administration’s plans to impose tariffs on a wide swathe of products and materials — reportedly including materials critical to the nation’s defense supply chain — could drive up some military programs’ costs and cause delays, analysts told Defense News. The cascade of negative effects could become a byproduct of the intended benefits, which include pushing companies to expand domestic processing of materials, such as steel and rare earths that are vital to specialized microelectronics, and lessening America’s dependence on foreign suppliers. No tariffs have officially been put in place by the new administration, and President Donald Trump has…
Supernova Industries Corp has won a contract to 3D print military-grade energetic materials in a pilot program with an eye on bolstering the U.S. defense industrial base. “Our technology has the potential to overcome the design constraints of conventional manufacturing methods to produce the next generation of military-grade energetic material components, including solid rocket motors (SRMs), explosives and pyrotechnics,” Roger Antunez, the company’s founder and CEO, said in a statement. Supernova Industries launched Supernova Defense & Space in Austin, Texas, in 2024 to focus on 3D printing military-grade energetic materials. Military-grade energetic materials “are necessary for the proper functioning of…
BERLIN – A notorious North Korean military manufacturer selling its wares internationally remains active and is expanding its catalog despite international sanctions, a Defense News investigation shows. It is just the tip of a vast, global network of obscure front companies that Kim Jong Un’s regime uses to sell weapons abroad and procure components for his military programs at home. Following a Russian veto in the Security Council, North Korea may be trying to expand these operations significantly. Global Communications Co., or Glocom, has been in the crosshairs of the United Nations and many Western governments since 2016. The company…
The U.S. Defense Department is laying the groundwork to expand a pilot program started in 2023 to provide more data processing capabilities to military units operating outside of the U.S., according to a senior official in the Pentagon’s Chief Information Office. As combatant commands around the globe integrate more sensors and uncrewed systems, there’s a growing need for computing and storage capabilities. The Joint Operational Edge, or JOE, cloud initiative aims to provide commanders with the computing capabilities they need to crunch the swaths of data those sensors are gathering and identify key intelligence insights. In just over a year,…
MILAN — An agreement between Finland, Canada, and the United States to jointly build icebreaker ships may hold the key to deeper cooperation between the Arctic nations, as Washington has set out to boost its fleet against Russian and Chinese efforts to ramp up their own. The Icebreaker Collaboration Effort, or ICE Pact, was signed in July 2024 on the occasion of NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington. It aims to combine the three nations’ knowledge, resources, and expertise about the Arctic region in general and polar icebreaker construction in particular. The core ambition of the agreement is to collectively…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines launched a comic book on Friday to counter what the country says is China’s disinformation campaign to push its expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea. The 40-page comic book, titled “The Stories of Teacher Jun,” was unveiled by Philippine officials. It contains colorful caricatures of a Filipino teacher and his young students discussing the complex territorial disputes in simple terms and highlights the Philippine position. One fictional student in the book describes China as a bully and another says Beijing’s “behavior is outrageous.” “Chinese officials, along with state-sponsored media and individuals, continue to…
The U.S. Navy expanded a contract with BAE Systems, awarding the company more money to upgrade and overhaul the service’s Mk 45 naval gun systems in an effort to improve their long-range strike and air defense capabilities, the company announced Monday. BAE will receive an additional $23.5 million, according to a release. That amount comes in addition to its original $47 million contract, bringing the cost of the project to over $70 million. The company will extend the barrel of the Mk 45 to 62 calibers and strengthen the gun mounts. It will also incorporate a fully digital control system.…