Powwow, mountain men and gems to star at Dow James this weekend
John Hallett and Shirlee Forester will show people what it was like to live in Colonial and Civil War times at the 24th Annual American Heritage Festival this weekend in Tooele City. Hallett and...
View ArticleGHS demolishes Cougars, 43-15
One week after a disappointing loss on its homecoming night, it was the Grantsville football team’s turn to play the spoiler Friday night in Roosevelt. The Cowboys put together their most dominant...
View ArticleBuffaloes shut down Scots
After a disappointing loss in the Region 11 opener, the Tooele football team’s game plan coming into Friday’s road game against Ben Lomond was simple: run, run and run some more. The Buffaloes executed...
View ArticleSHS tops Tigers to remain unbeaten in region
The Stansbury football team came away from Friday’s Region 11 road game against Ogden as the only undefeated team left in region play, but the Stallions were left questioning their focus after yet...
View ArticleCowboys send a message
The Grantsville girls tennis team disregarded the Salt Lake City newspapers’ predictions about who would win Region 13 and outscored Judge Memorial by 2 points and Waterford by 5, taking first place...
View ArticleAmerican Heritage Festival
Tooele residents and visitors stepped back in time with activities and vendors that created a window into our nation’s early life at the Festival of the Old West at Tooele’s Dow James Park Friday...
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Nicholas Klark Perkins
Our beloved father, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend, Nicholas Klark Perkins, passed away Sept. 17, 2017, in Oak Harbor, Washington. Nick was born in November 1979, and was 37 years old. He grew...
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Launa Stolworthy Christensen
Launa Stolworthy Christensen passed away on Sept. 22, 2017. Launa came into the world on May 6, 1944, in Shelley, Idaho. Born to Mallene Weaver and Gordon Stolworthy, Launa was the first of eight...
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Diana Jean Troop
Diana Troop, age 62, returned to the arms of her Heavenly Father Sept. 16, 2017, due to natural causes. She was born to the late Bill Troop and Diana Nelson on April 7, 1955. She is survived by her two...
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Glen LaVerl Dewsnup
Glen LaVerl Dewsnup passed away suddenly on Sept. 24, 2017, doing what he loved to do — camping, fishing and hunting with his family and friends. He was a man with a big heart. We loved him so very...
View Article‘Jesus, thank you for making us temples of your Holy Spirit’
Editor’s note: “Matters of faith” is a column that provides local religious leaders a place to write about how their respective faiths provide hope, courage and strength in these modern times. “A...
View ArticleGrowing pains
You can tell when a city, town or community is challenged by new growth when its leaders struggle over where to allow high-density residential housing. Both Tooele and Grantsville cities are dealing...
View Article11 women to vie for Miss Tooele County, Outstanding Teen
Nearly a dozen local young women will take to the auditorium stage at Stansbury High School Saturday to compete in the 2017 Miss Tooele County and Miss Tooele County Outstanding Teen pageants. Six...
View ArticleUTA bus shelter in Grantsville moved
A Utah Transit Authority bus shelter originally placed on Center Street in Grantsville has been moved to City Hall, after members of city government intervened. The bus shelter, which was funded using...
View ArticleCounty finishes $230K repair project for old Smelter Hwy.
It’s official. A new jogging/walking path on the outskirts of Tooele City is completed and ready for use. The Tooele County Commission, representatives of the Tooele County Health Department and other...
View ArticleKickin’ Cancer’s Can raises $7,000 for Erda’s Steve Lyman
Autumn’s low evening temperatures failed to chase away hundreds from doing their part to help defeat cancer on Friday. Hundreds of local residents braced the chilly evening to participate in Kickin’...
View ArticleCouncil hears list to upgrade parks in Tooele City
Tooele City Parks and Recreation Director Brian Roth presented a “long range parks plan” to the city council during a work meeting Wednesday night. In that plan are a number of concerns Roth listed...
View ArticleSecond horse tests positive for West Nile
Two horses from Erda have now tested positive for West Nile Virus within a six-day time period, according to a veterinarian. Jon McCormick, DVM of Tooele Veterinary Clinic in Tooele City, said results...
View ArticleBig ride on local roads
Jerry Hurst, chairman of the Tooele County Trails Committee, and Grantsville City Mayor Brent Marshall (above in red UTV) lead a convoy of 92 street-legal UTVs on Droubay Road Saturday morning. The...
View ArticleThe only thing certain about Utah weather is uncertainty
I’ve been back in Utah for almost three years, and before that, I spent 15 years of my life right here in the Beehive State. Thus, you would think I would be used to what happens around here at the end...
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