Audience will be part of the act with Party Rock Project
Some audience members will be invited on stage to participate in a variety of games at Fridays on Vine this week. “We use a lot of audience participation and it’s done in a real comfortable way,” said...
View ArticleGrantsville man pleads guilty to theft and assault
A Grantsville man charged in connection with an armed robbery in January accepted a plea deal in 3rd District Court Tuesday morning. Christopher Bettcher, 20, pleaded guilty to an amended count of...
View ArticleTooele man charged with selling drugs in parking lot
A Tooele man is facing felony drug charges after he was arrested for allegedly selling drugs out of a recreational vehicle at the UEC Theatres in Tooele. Camron Romero, 26, is charged with two counts...
View ArticleGrantsville council approves board appointments
The Grantsville City Council approved a number of residents to serve on various boards and commissions during its meeting Wednesday night. Cathy Williams was appointed to a three-year term on the...
View ArticleOfficials look at prevention as wildfire season begins
With fire season already underway in Tooele County, fire officials are reminding residents about ways to protect their properties from wildfire this summer. According to Tooele County Fire Warden...
View ArticleTATC president announces he will retire at end of year
Scott Snelson, who has served as president of Tooele Applied Technology College since the college was established by the state Legislature in 2009, has announced he will retire at the end of this year....
View ArticleGrantsville council OKs $5.3M budget
The Grantsville City Council approved a final, $5.3 million budget for 2017-18 during its meeting Wednesday night. The final budget represented a $94,090 increase over the tentative budget brought to...
View ArticleCity adopts new $43.3M budget
About 25 percent of Tooele City’s $43.3 million 2017-18 fiscal year budget will go toward employee wages and benefits, according to Mayor Patrick Dunlavy. Tooele City employs 267 people, with wages and...
View ArticleTaxpayers to pay less for local schools this year
Many homeowners and businesses in Tooele County will pay less property tax for schools in 2017. The Tooele County School Board adopted their budget for the 2017-18 school year Tuesday night. Along with...
View ArticleCommission OKs reroute of Lakeshore Drive in Lake Point
After a public hearing that lasted over an hour, the Tooele County Commission voted 2-1 to let the developer of Saddleback reroute 600 yards of Lakeshore Drive through Lake Point. Over 30 people spoke...
View ArticleOne dead in SR-36 crash Wednesday
A Juab County man died following a head-on collision on state Route 36 Wednesday evening. A Honda Civic was heading northbound on SR-36 near milepost 7 around 6:41 p.m., according to Utah Highway...
View ArticleEight contestants will vie for Miss Grantsville on Monday
Eight young women will vie for the Miss Grantsville City crown at Grantsville High School’s auditorium Monday night. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the scholarship pageant will begin at 6 p.m. The...
View ArticleTooele man pleads guilty to felony robbery in plea deal
A Tooele man pleaded guilty to felony robbery charges during an appearance in 3rd District Court on Wednesday. Christopher James Hepner, 23, pleaded guilty to an amended count of third-degree felony...
View ArticleOgden man faces charges after traffic stop finds stolen vehicle
An Ogden man is facing a felony charge after a traffic stop by the Utah Highway Patrol in connection to a stolen vehicle. Johnny Richard Fulton, 39, is charged with second-degree felony receiving or...
View ArticleWest Jordan murder suspect found dead in Tooele County
The suspect connected to a murder in West Jordan was found deceased near Terra Wednesday afternoon. According to West Jordan Police Sgt. Joe Monson, 36-year-old Jill Lloyd of West Jordan was driving...
View ArticleSubdivision includes lot for youth treatment facility
The Tooele County Planning Commission approved a preliminary and final plat for a subdivision that includes a plot the owner wants to use for a treatment center for troubled youth. The planning...
View ArticleParades, fireworks and more set for Fourth of July
Tooele and Grantsville cities have five days of Fourth of July activities on the docket with the first starting tonight. And the Town of Vernon will celebrate the holiday with a parade at 10 a.m....
View ArticlePlanning commission promises to ‘step up’ oversight of Saddleback
The Tooele County Planning Commission chairman pledged that the commission will step up and make sure the developer of Saddleback lives up to a 19-year-old development agreement. “The county has not...
View ArticleStansbury to get SR-138 crosswalk and underpass?
The Stansbury Park Service Agency still plans to pursue a pedestrian underpass below state Route 138 but there will be another option for passage across the highway. During the service agency board...
View ArticleA vast perspective of Tooele Valley
Although skies over Tooele Valley were smoke-filled Tuesday morning, they cleared by the afternoon and allowed for this perspective of the valley shot from an airplane at 10,000 feet above sea level....
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