Bobcats blow past Buffs
Sky View’s football team was strong from the start, holding Tooele scoreless in the first half and racking up 42 points. The Bobcats kept the ball on the ground for most of the second half, upending...
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Vern George Wright
Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away on Aug. 27, 2017. He was born July 30, 1935, in Tooele, Utah, to Charles Mathew and Elizabeth Hillman Wright. He was...
View ArticleDidn’t get your property tax notice? Contact clerk’s office
We have had some questions regarding the “Charter School Levy” listing on property tax valuation notices. The Legislature required counties to split this out from the school basic levy. Taxpayers have...
View ArticleCity to present new music festival on Labor Day
Summer music fun in Tooele isn’t finished quite yet. The Tooele Arts Council and Tooele City will host a Labor Day Music Festival on Monday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Aquatic Center Park. “We wanted to...
View ArticlePine Canyon man charged with assault and possession
A Pine Canyon man facing a felony assault charge made his first appearance in 3rd District Court on Monday. Wayne Lee Morrison, 47, is charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault and...
View ArticleCity to spend $1.88M in new asphalt for roads by this fall
Major reconstruction of some of Tooele City’s roads began on Monday at a pricetag of $1.88 million, according to a public works official. The Tooele City Council approved a contract with Kilgore...
View ArticleGrantsville continues work on slate of street projects
A busy road construction season continues in Grantsville City, with repairs, new sidewalks and pedestrian enhancements complete or scheduled for completion this fall. Grantsville City Mayor Brent...
View ArticleNew stop sign in Lake Point triggers community meeting
Surprised by a new three-way stop in their neighborhood, around 50 Lake Point residents upset about gravel truck traffic gathered at the community’s fire station Thursday night. Jamie Olson, of Lake...
View ArticlePast county residents witness wrath of Hurricane Harvey
Robert Sagers said it’s astounding the amount of devastation that can take place on one Friday night. The former Tooele County resident, who now lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, said he prepared for the...
View ArticleCounty budget to get extra $1.5M revenue
A mid-year look at the Tooele County budget shows expected revenue for the general fund to be 5 percent higher than budgeted last fall. The Tooele County Commissioners took a look at budget projections...
View ArticlePower outage leaves 11,000 without lights
An equipment failure at a substation left more than 11,000 customers without power in Tooele County Sunday afternoon, according to Rocky Mountain Power. The equipment problem at the Tooele substation...
View ArticleInitial school enrollment rolls in
There may be only one partridge in a pear tree for the first day of Christmas. But on the first day of school last week in Tooele County School District, there were seven school board members, 48...
View ArticleSports Wrap – August 31, 2017
Stansbury volleyball vs. Woods Cross The Stansbury volleyball team fell to Woods Cross in a non-region match on the road Tuesday night, falling 25-16, 25-16, 25-22 to the Wildcats. The Stallions opened...
View ArticleTop-ranked Dixie visits Tooele Friday
Tooele will have its hands full as it meets the No. 1-ranked Class 4A team in the state at home Friday, after losing last week’s home game against the only other top four team that is 2-0. “We’re...
View ArticleStallions, Cowboys renew rivalry on the gridiron
Thursday night’s showdown in Grantsville between the host Cowboys and the Stansbury Stallions on the gridiron may not mean much in the standings, but it means a ton to the players on the field in terms...
View ArticleGHS tops Trojans in region match
The Grantsville girls tennis team hasn’t had much trouble with its region opponents so far this season, though things are about to get a lot tougher for the Cowboys. GHS rolled to a 4-1 win over Morgan...
View ArticleBuffaloes beat Grantsville in four
They may no longer be in the same region, but Tuesday night’s showdown between the Tooele and Grantsville volleyball teams certainly felt like more than a typical preseason match, with a loud crowd and...
View ArticleEmily’s Gift
Many first-born children sacrifice their summers to care for a younger sibling. But a Tooele woman did more than that this summer — she gave one of her organs to help save her little sister’s life....
View ArticleIn 1967, crash victim turns out to be escaped wanted prisoner
The Tooele Transcript Bulletin has published Tooele County news since 1894. Here is a flashback of local front-page news from 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago that occurred during the last week of August...
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Sharon B. Webb
Sharon B. Webb, our mother, best friend, loving wife, amazing grandma and friend to all who knew her, passed away at her home in Tooele, on Aug. 22, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was...
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