• Gov. Spencer Cox will lead Utah trade mission to New Zealand and Australia.

• The trade mission will focus largely on aerospace and defense, critical minerals and fintech.

• Utah business leaders say the Beehive State continues to emerge as a key player in the global economy.

When Lehi-based Reef Capital Partners (Reef) initially announced plans in 2018 to build a sprawling, estimated $2 billion mega-resort with a championship-caliber golf course on 600 acres covering parts of Ivins and Santa Clara—small towns with just over 15,000 combined residents at the time—it was difficult to fathom what a project of that magnitude might look like.

Silicon Slopes, the nonprofit organization powering Utah’s startup and tech community, today announced the official launch of its Ukrainian Chapter, led by Yaroslav Fisiuk, CEO of S-PRO USA. The chapter will create new opportunities for collaboration between Utah and Ukraine while supporting the integration of world-class Ukrainian entrepreneurs and companies into Utah’s fast-growing innovation hub.

Strider Technologies, Inc. the leading provider of strategic intelligence, today announced its new partnership with NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA).

Nusano, a physics company transforming the production of radioisotopes, today cut the ribbon on its 190,000-square-foot radioisotope production facility.

Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) (the “Company” or “Co-Dx”), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, today announced that it will be hosting a booth at the 17th Annual Next Generation Dx Summit, held virtually and in-person at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C. on August 18-20, 2025.

Delta Airlines is launching its first nonstop flight from Salt Lake City to Seoul, beginning June 12, 2025. This new route enhances Delta's Asia connectivity and aims to strengthen business and tourism links between the western U.S. and South Korea.

Peruvian Congress Chairman Eduardo Salhuana highlighted 200 years of strong U.S.-Peru relations at the "Strengthening Ties Between Utah and Peru" meeting in Lima. He emphasized shared democratic values, economic ties, and opportunities for further trade, especially in agriculture and mining. Utah lawmakers and Peruvian legislators attended, reinforcing the importance of bilateral cooperation.

Wander, an Orem, Utah-based AI mapping platform, raised $1 million in an extension seed round led by Arieli Capital, with contributions from Rocky Woods Investments, the Joan and Tim Fenton Founders Fund, and the Triangle Tweener Fund.

Utah ranked as the best state in the U.S. in the 2024 Best States rankings by U.S. News & World Report, which evaluated states based on health care, education, economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, crime & corrections, and natural environment.

We sat down with WTC Utah’s new CEO Jonathan Freedman to talk about his first impressions, entrepreneurial background, and more.

The U.S. News and World Report named Utah the best state overall in its latest rankings list.

Deseret News sits down with Ambassador Lilit Makunts to talk about potential collaboration between Armenia and the beehive state.

Deseret News writes about the President Viktor Yushchenko and former First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko’s visit to Utah, and how the state can offer support to Ukraine