Tooele City voters will choose Pruden or Winn for next mayor
Two Tooele City Councilmembers are seeking to be the city’s first new mayor in 12 years. Tooele City Mayor Patrick Dunlavy is retiring after three terms. On Nov. 7, Tooele City voters will choose...
View ArticleElection to alter Tuesday’s delivery schedule
Due to the Nov. 7 municipal election, next Tuesday’s edition of the Tooele Transcript Bulletin will be published and delivered Wednesday morning with election results. Despite the delivery change,...
View ArticleTooele man charged with unlawful sexual activity with a minor
A Tooele man has been charged with multiple felonies after he was arrested for sexual activity with a minor. Michael Keystone Martin, 21, is charged with two counts of second-degree felony sexual...
View ArticleTooele man charged with fleeing police, drug possession
A Tooele man faces several felony and misdemeanor charges after he allegedly fled police in possession of drugs and paraphernalia. Mikel Dean Russo, 35, is charged with third-degree felony failure to...
View ArticleTooele council cracks down on commercial handbills
Companies could now face a penalty if they continue to toss commercial handbills at residences in Tooele City where the owners have not asked for them. After hearing several complaints to rid city...
View ArticleDid county change zone without telling property owner?
Holly Howard wants her land back, kind of. After nearly an hour of discussion at its Wednesday night meeting, the Tooele County Planning Commission decided to table a request by Howard to rezone her...
View ArticleGrantsville council amends 180-day moratorium
The Grantsville City Council approved an amendment to a 180-day moratorium on new developments in the city to allow for some minor subdivisions during its meeting Wednesday night. The city council...
View ArticleOne dead in single-vehicle SR-36 rollover
A Tooele woman died in a single-vehicle rollover accident on state Route 36 shortly after noon on Wednesday, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. Jennifer Charmley, 33, was driving northbound when her...
View ArticleSpooky Halloween
Tooele City’s Main Street and the parking lot at Grantsville High School buzzed with activity on Halloween afternoon and evening as thousands of trick or treaters — both young and old — showed off a...
View ArticleAn ode to the best kind of boring friends
A couple of weeks ago, I returned to New York for an important event — my best friend’s bachelor party. Before you ready your emails and phone calls to decry the anticipated details of debauchery, I...
View ArticleHilda Erickson, age 107, casts her vote
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 second week of...
View ArticleGrantsville High drama to present Wilder’s ‘Our Town’
It will be a change of pace for Grantsville High School drama students this week when they present the play “Our Town” written by Thornton Wilder. “We’ve done a lot of fun shows recently like “Music...
View ArticleTooele High theatre to present ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’
Tooele High School Theatre Department will start off the new school year with a similar production it ended with last spring. The department opens the season with “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” on...
View ArticleVeterans Day program will feature Dugway commander
The Tooele Elks Lodge invites the public to a free breakfast and Veterans Day program on Saturday. The breakfast and program will be held at the Utah Army National Guard building at 16 S. 100 East in...
View ArticleCounty commission reverses planning commission decision
The Tooele County Commission on Tuesday overturned the county planning commission’s rejection of a preliminary plat for the Lake Point Vista subdivision. The county planning commission turned down the...
View ArticleStansbury Park approves tentative $1.1M budget
Stansbury Park Service Agency office manager Miriam Alsup presented a $1.1 million tentative budget to the agency’s board during its meeting Wednesday night. Service agency general manager Randall...
View ArticleA Christmas tree tradition comes to an end in Tooele
Drought and forest fires in the Pacific Northwest have ended a 67-year-old Christmas tradition in Tooele City. Since 1950, Tooele County residents have been able to buy a Christmas tree from Vario’s...
View ArticleGrantsville mayor race goes down to the wire with 91 provisional ballots...
On an Election Day with several close races, none have been closer than the one for Grantsville City mayor. The unofficial results left a margin of 37 votes between incumbent Grantsville City Mayor...
View ArticleWinn is excited, grateful to become first woman elected to mayor’s office in...
Helping others achieve their goals and solve their problems helped Debbie Winn achieve her goal to become Tooele City’s first woman mayor. Winn defeated fellow city councilman Steve Pruden in Tuesday’s...
View ArticleDonations and nominations being accepted for annual benefit fund
The 40th annual Tooele Transcript Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund is now accepting nominations and donations. Each nomination should include a description of the person’s or family’s challenges, as...
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