Ute Conference teams wrap up season with title games
Six local Ute Conference football teams won division championships on Saturday, Nov. 9. Four teams from Stansbury won titles along with one team from Tooele and one team from Grantsville. Most of...
View ArticleVera attempts to rebuild GHS girls basketball
Former Grantsville girls basketball player Megan Vera has taken the reigns as the new head coach of the program, hoping to build it one step at a time. Vera, formerly Megan Oltjenbruns, graduated from...
View ArticleStarbucks confirmed, but identity of other Star Plaza tenants still unknown
Tooele’s new Star Plaza has secured its namesake business—the strip mall will feature a Starbucks with a drive-through window—but it is still unclear what other businesses will join it at the new...
View ArticleJeffrey Berry
Jeffrey Berry, of Tooele, graduated Cum Laude from Eastern Oregon University during the 2012-2013 academic year. Berry earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
View ArticleDefending champs set to begin season
The Tooele High School swim team comes into the 2013-2014 season fresh off region championships by both the boys and girls, but this season could prove a little different. THS head coach Mel Roberts...
View ArticleDistrict closes Stansbury High to open enrollment
The Tooele County School Board Tuesday added Stansbury High School to the list of schools that are closed to new applications for open enrollment. The school board also approved the organization of an...
View ArticleMissionary wants to return to ravaged island
Though given the option to return home after surviving four days without food, water or clothing in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, a Tooele woman serving an LDS mission to the Philippines has chosen...
View ArticleReport of BB gun shot causes school lockdown
Harris Elementary School was locked down Wednesday afternoon after a student reported someone may have shot at him with a BB gun. Just before school ended Wednesday, the student was setting up traffic...
View ArticleDistrict fills empty seat on school board
The Tooele County School Board selected a new member to fill a vacant seat on its board Tuesday after two hours of public interviews and voting, Alan Mouritsen, 33, of Grantsville, was sworn in Tuesday...
View ArticleFood Bank hit with ‘deluge’ of families
The Tooele County Food Bank has been hit with a deluge of new families in need of assistance—before the traditional busy holiday season sets in. In the first week of November, the food bank served 671...
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Richard McComack Sr.
Richard McComack Sr. formerly of Trenton, Texas, the last of a great tribe and a WWII veteran, peacefully returned to Jesus on Nov. 13, 2013 at the home of his daughter Shelley Durrant of Vernon. Born...
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George Raines
Gone But never forgotten. Our beloved brother, father and son George Bruce Raines passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 15, 2013. He leaves behind his parents, Terry and Chin (Lisa), brother James, sons...
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Richard Anderson
June 21, 1940 – Nov. 17, 2013 Richard Nathan Anderson was born in Tooele to Bert Lee Anderson and Harriet Robyn (Nell) Brotherton. He married Pamela Ann Merys; later divorced. He married his second...
View ArticleThanks you for Luke Phillips
We would like to thank Dr. Trudel, Mountain West Medical Center staff and Tate Mortuary for the care that was provided for Luke Phillips. We would also like to thank the Moose Lodge for the luncheon...
View ArticleTooele’s Bantam team goes undefeated
Tooele’s Ute Conference Bantam football team cruised through the season undefeated this year with a 10-0 record. The Bantam team is comprised of 13- and 14-year-old players who supplied an undefeated...
View ArticleBLM nixes proposed potash extraction plant and 40 jobs
The Bureau of Land Management has rejected a prospecting permit application for a Canadian company that wants to build an $85 million potash extraction plant near Pilot Mountain in Tooele County’s West...
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Home burglary suspect charged
Riley Snyder A Neola man police say was part of a ring that burglarized homes and businesses in four Tooele Valley communities last month has been formally charged for the alleged crimes. Riley Snyder,...
View ArticleNew record births set at local hospital
Doctors at Mountain West Medical Center delivered a record 52 babies last month, and is on track to break the new-set record again this month. The hospital surpassed its previous record by four births...
View ArticleOfficials defend Blue Peak High’s record
Tooele County School District officials are defending Blue Peak High School in light of its recent poor ranking in alternative school evaluations. Blue Peak, the district’s alternative high school...
View ArticleNo funding set for proposed Midvalley Hwy.
Despite pressure from local politicians and business leaders, the Utah Department of Transportation has made no move to suggest it will begin work on Tooele County’s proposed Midvalley Highway before...
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