Charges filed for Tuesday accident in Grantsville
The Grantsville man involved in a destructive single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning has been charged with felonies in 3rd District Court. Formal charges were filed against Matthew Troy Pike, 20, who...
View Article48 citizens apply for gov’t study committee
The five people who will select a committee to study Tooele County’s form of government have 16 days to make their picks from a current list of 48 applicants. The five-member county government study...
View ArticleCurbside recycling in Tooele City getting ready to start on Feb. 6
Recycling will become much easier for Tooele City residents starting Feb. 6. That’s the day the city will begin its new curbside recycling service with pickup handled by Ace Recycling and Disposal,...
View ArticleNelson to file legislative bill to keep Rush Valley aquifer safe from SITLA’s...
One Tooele County legislator has a plan to stop the School and Institutional Land Trust Administration from grabbing 1.9 billion gallons of water a year from Rush Valley. Rep. Merrill Nelson,...
View ArticleArea hospital is seeing more emergency room patients
Emergency visits at Mountain West Medical Center jumped by more than 1,500 visits in 2016 compared to 2015, according to hospital administrators. “Over the past year, our emergency numbers have grown...
View ArticleMidvalley Hwy., SR-201 make priority list
Tooele County commuters may want to keep an eye on the state Legislature this year. 2017 may the year that two major transportation projects for Tooele County finally move forward, according to Sen....
View ArticleFacility ready for new role in helping the homeless
It’s been empty for 18 months, but Tooele County’s former transitional housing facility is ready for tenants again, a county official says. The last occupants moved out of the housing facility on East...
View ArticleProgram readies to close 200 abandoned mines at Gold Hill
Exploring abandoned mines sounds adventurous, but it can also be deadly. For that reason, the Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining Abandoned Mine Reclamation (AMR) program plans to close 200 mine...
View ArticleChief Turner to retire and looks to new job in Washington state
After nearly five years with the Grantsville City Police Department, Chief Kevin Turner will retire at the beginning of February. Turner will next serve as the chief of police in Ferndale, Washington,...
View ArticleFizzy thinking: A look at carbonation
I’ve used this theme many times in this column. There are products and conveniences that have become so commonplace to us they are essentially invisible. We so depend on them, or they have become such...
View ArticleBulletin Board – January 19, 2017
Tooele Senior Center The senior center is for the enjoyment of all seniors 55 and older. New and exciting activities include bridge, pinochle, bingo, exercise program, line dancing, wood carving, Wii...
View ArticleWindows 10 Anniversary Update offers periodic Defender scanning
If you have installed the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, you can now set Windows Defender to do periodic scans for malware. This is a break from the past because before now, when you installed...
View ArticleGatekeeper is Mac’s defense against malware
In macOS Sierra, the Gatekeeper feature received an upgrade too, and you should check your settings to make sure they are set to cover your Mac the way you want. If you do a search of your apps or...
View ArticleTHS band of 1969 played at Nixon’s inauguration
Editor’s note: Portions of the following story were originally published on Jan. 20, 2009 in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin. Staff Writer Mark Watson updated the narrative. Jackie Evancho, the Radio...
View ArticlePilot found OK after crash in Sheeprock Mountains
Emergency responders released a Missouri man who suffered minor injuries after his plane crashed in the Sheeprock Mountains Tuesday evening. According to an incident report from the Tooele County...
View ArticleResource center looking for help counting area homeless
Valley Behavioral Health’s Tooele Resource Center is looking for help counting Tooele County’s homeless people. The annual point-in-time count will take place over a three-day period on Jan. 26, 27 and...
View ArticleCouncil OKs increase in fees at golf course and cemetery
Golfers will pay $1 more to play nine holes of golf at Oquirrh Hills Golf Course when it opens this spring. The Tooele City Council approved the increase Wednesday night after learning about the...
View ArticleCrime increases in Grantsville while calls for service decline
Crime rose last year in Grantsville, according to the Grantsville City Police Department’s annual report. Grantsville City Police Chief Kevin Turner presented the 2016 report to Mayor Brent Marshall...
View ArticleSchool board OKs plan for compensation
The Tooele County School Board settled on a revised compensation plan Tuesday that will keep board members on the school district’s health insurance plan. The board selected between three options...
View ArticleCouncil picks 10 to serve on gov’t study committee
Tooele County has a government study committee. The government study appointment council selected 11 people to serve on the committee that will study Tooele County government. The selections were made...
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