First responders cross train for traffic accidents
First responders from around Tooele County learned about safely and efficiently managing traffic incidents on Wednesday including a tabletop exercise featuring diecast cars. The training at the...
View Article3 injured in head-on crash near Stansbury Parkway intersection
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on state Route 36 on Saturday afternoon, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. An Isuzu Rodeo driven by a 72-year-old man was traveling northbound on...
View ArticleOpen houses for local levy for teacher pay see low turnout
Slim to none, that’s how many people have showed up so far for Tooele County School District’s open houses about the voted local levy. The school board has asked voters to approve an increase in the...
View ArticleArcing power poles cause fire, outage in Stansbury Park
More than 2,500 customers were without power in and around Stansbury Park after a pair of power poles caught fire Tuesday morning. The fires were caused after the previously dry power poles became...
View ArticleMain Street microsurfacing to continue through September
Motorists can expect minor delays on Tooele City Main Street for the next two weeks while crews complete a microsurfacing project from 2000 North to 3 O’Clock Drive. “The microsurface is applied as a...
View ArticleMan charged after allegedly attempting to sell cocaine
A West Valley City man facing drug charges made his initial appearance in 3rd District Court on Monday after he was arrested at Deseret Peak Complex earlier this month. Raymond Trujillo-Munoz, 31, is...
View ArticleDonated pet food makes it to Texas after 24-hour drive
A Tooele family planned to drive for 24 hours from Tooele City to Houston on Sept. 5 to deliver 1,721 pounds of pet food to animal shelters in need. But instead they drove for 21 hours and ended up in...
View ArticleArmy instructor faces jail time for unlawful sexual activity case
The U.S. Army instructor arrested last December for having sex with a 17-year-old female student at Tooele High School was sentenced in 3rd District Court last week. Brian Joseph Dragon, 33, of...
View ArticleHorse from Erda tests positive for West Nile Virus
A local horse tested positive last week for West Nile Virus, according to a veterinarian. Jon McCormick, DVM, of Tooele Veterinary Clinic in Tooele City, said he tested the horse on Sept. 9, and lab...
View ArticleFassio Egg Farms back in business after fire
Two weeks after a devastating fire consumed two buildings and killed as many as 300,000 chickens, work at Fassio Egg Farms is beginning to return to normal. The conveyer system designed to transport...
View ArticleWomen in the Outdoors
The 11th annual “Women in the Outdoors” was held last weekend at Camp Wapiti in Left Hand Fork of Settlement Canyon. According to Cleora Evans, president of the event, 17 women registered and spent two...
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Rosella May Prows
Our beloved mother, grandmother and friend, Rosella May Prows, returned to her Heavenly Father Sept. 19, 2017, surrounded by her family at the amazing age of 93. It was just like her to “graduate” on...
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Lester Lavell Price
Lester Lavell Price, loving husband of Nadine Eyre Price and beloved son of Janie Price, passed away at the age of 65 on Sunday, Sept. 17, in Salt Lake City. Graveside services will be held Friday,...
View ArticleKickin’ Cancer’s Can expected to draw hundreds to charity
Hundreds of citizens are expected to gather at Parker’s Park in Tooele City Friday evening to help relieve the financial and emotional pain of one local cancer warrior. The charity starts at 4 p.m. and...
View ArticleWest Wendover woman facing drug charges for selling meth to informant
A West Wendover woman is facing drug charges after she was arrested last Friday in connection with selling narcotics. Maritza Rodriguez-Sandoval, 37, is charged with second-degree felony distribute,...
View ArticleFuture residential streets in Grantsville to be 8-feet wider
Future residential streets in Grantsville will be wider after the city council passed an ordinance Wednesday night. Residential roadways will now be 43 feet wide, an increase of 8 feet over the...
View ArticleLocal flutist earns soloist spot with Utah Symphony
A recent Stansbury High School graduate continues to impress music judges with her mastery of the flute. Aniah Young will perform a flute solo with the Utah Symphony on Tuesday at Abravanel Hall in...
View ArticleUTV riders will be seen on local roads Saturday
The Tooele County Trails Committee’s Fall “No Host” Series will put 100 UTVs on Tooele City’s Main Street on Saturday. UTV riders from Tooele County will meet their counterparts from Salt Lake County...
View ArticleCouncil further holds off decison on apt. complex
The Grantsville City Council tabled a decision on a zoning change appeal for an apartment complex along state Route 112 during its meeting Wednesday night. The proposed apartment complex would be 72...
View ArticleCounty hires law firm over gravel pit conflict
The Tooele County Commission has hired an attorney with expertise in gravel pits because it suspects a lawsuit may be headed its way. The commission voted unanimously to ratify an engagement letter...
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