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Nucor plans $204.5 expansion with 200 jobs
COMPANY'S TOWERS & STRUCTURES UNIT Brice Wallace Business Journal Steel company Nucor Corp. is looking skyward as it grows its operations in Utah. The North Carolina-based company’s Towers & Structures Inc. business unit will add 200 jobs in a $204.5 million project that will produce utility structures — tapered tubular steel poles for... -
Gardener report shows economic impact of Utah’s defense industry
A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah highlights the substantial contributions to the state’s economy from Utah’s military and defense industry. The report from shows that the defense industry directly and indirectly supports over 173,000 jobs and contributed an estimated $22.2 billion in gross domestic... -
UTAH CONSUMER SENTIMENT INDEX RISES TO 3-YEAR HIGH
Utah’s consumer sentiment increased again as 2024 came to an end, jumping 3.6 percent, from 88.1 in November to 91.3 in December, according to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute’s Survey of Utah Consumer Sentiment. A similar survey conducted by the University of Michigan found a slightly smaller change (3.1 percent increase) in sentiment among... -
Inland Port wants to develop life sciences hub
IN SLC'S NORTHWEST QUADRANT Brice Wallace The Utah Inland Port Authority is envisioning the Northwest Quadrant as a hub for biomedical and life sciences manufacturing. At the December meeting of the port authority board, officials spelled out their preliminary steps toward a strategy to attract new businesses, expand existing businesses and... -
OPTIMISM HOLDING: 84% OF HIRING EXECS SEE GROWTH IN 2025
As the new year begins, 84 percent of U.S. hiring managers are positive about their companies’ hiring outlook for the first half of next year, with 52 percent feeling optimistic, 46 percent hopeful, 45 percent confident and 38 percent satisfied. This is according to a recent Job Insights survey conducted for Express Employment Professionals by... -
Upper Colorado River Basin states urge planning for a decreasing water supply and an increasing demand
Arms of Lake Powell on the Colorado River fill canyons north of San Juan County’s NavajoMountain. Differences in ideas for river water usage between parties representing the Upperand Lower Colorado River basins must be resolved before federal rules governing the tributaryexpire in 2026. National Park Service photo. John Rogers The members of the... -
PORTER ROCKWELL BLVD. GROUNDBREAKING
A crowd watches as six excavators participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for infrastructure development at The Point in Draper. The stateowned600-acre site, formerly home of the Utah State Prison, will be transformed into a mixed-use development, starting with a 100-acre Phase1. This image is a screenshot from the event’s live video feed from... -
DECEMBER JOBLESS RATE LEVELS OFF AT 3.5 PERCENT
After a couple of months of moderate increases, Utah’s unemployment rate leveled off in December at 3.5 percent, the same as it was in November, according to data released by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). The rate means about 63,620 Utahns are unemployed. The November national jobless rate was up one-tenth of a percentage point at... -
Lisa Eccles to be honored as SL Chamber's 46th ‘Giant in Our City’
Lisa Eccles, president and chief operating officer of the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, has been named as the 46th “Giant In Our City” by the Salt Lake Chamber. The award recognizes those with exceptional and distinguished service as well as extraordinary professional achievement, according to the chamber. “As an engaged... -
Williams plans $1 billion expansion of Ogden plant
Technicians assemble an FJ33-5A turbo fan jet engine at the Williams International manufacturing plant in Ogden. The Michigan-based company plans to create 316 jobs over the next 20 years in a $1 billion expansion project in Ogden, where it has had a plant operating since 1978. Photo courtesy of Williams International. 20-YEAR PROJECT TO BRING 316...
