Two Grantsville residents charged after child ingests methamphetamine
A pair of Grantsville residents are facing felony charges after a 3-year-old child in their care ingested methamphetamine. Ashley Lee Black, 27, and Danie Adam Black, 23, are each charged with one...
View ArticleGrantsville Council welcomes back some familiar faces
At the Grantsville City Council’s meeting Wednesday night, the faces around the council table were familiar ones. Councilman Tom Tripp, serving again after a second consecutive successful reelection...
View ArticleGrantsville woman gets probation in child abuse case from last year
The Grantsville woman who pleaded guilty to felony child abuse charges in October will not face jail time, after she was sentenced to probation in 3rd District Court on Tuesday. Sydney E. Beaudoin, 21,...
View ArticleTooele City’s first woman mayor takes oath of office
Tooele City Mayor Debbie Winn told a packed audience in council chambers at City Hall Wednesday night that she plans to keep her campaign promises. “I am here to serve you. I am a public servant and...
View ArticleFaithful mourn passing of Monson
Thomas S. Monson, 16th president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, passed away at his home on Tuesday night. He died at age 90 from causes incident to age, according to...
View ArticleEverything I need to know, I learned from Bob Ross
There are many benefits to sharing various online accounts with others. Why have everyone pay his or her own subscription fee, when you can all just split one account and, in the case of Netflix, have...
View ArticleIn 1993, series of snowstorms pound Tooele County
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 ArticleQuestions abound over how to get on the ballot by petition process
There is some confusion concerning the candidate signature gathering (petition) process for running for public office. Let me see if I can answer some of the questions that I often hear: Question: What...
View ArticleLatest printing technology comes to county
The latest technology in digital printing is now available on Main Street in Tooele City at Transcript Bulletin Publishing, according to a company official. “To keep up with technology and offer our...
View ArticleNew Stansbury Park Service Agency board members hold first meeting
Two newly elected members joined the Stansbury Park Service Agency board during its meeting Wednesday evening, with a third member freshly elected to the position she was appointed to last year. Board...
View ArticleSchool district administrator is teen suicide ‘Advocate of the Year’
A Tooele County School District administrator has received statewide recognition for her part in the fight against teen suicide. Marianne Oborn, the school district’s director of counseling and social...
View ArticleGov’t study group shares findings
The committee that has been studying Tooele County’s government for a year believes it can give the county a new government with five council members and a county manager for less than its costs...
View ArticleHospital makes improvements in wake of Medicare penalty
Mountain West Medical Center will lose up to 1 percent of Medicare payments during the current fiscal year as a penalty for six cases of the infection Clostridium difficile, commonly known as “C....
View ArticleGrantsville’s new fire chief plans to push fire prevention
Like many other rural fire departments, the Grantsville City Fire Department has its share of family legacies. That’s certainly the case for its newest chief, Rob Critchlow, and his family. “I think...
View ArticleFamily a driving force for new Tooele City Fire Chief
Fire service runs in the family for Tooele City Fire Chief Rick Harrison, who stepped into the role at the beginning of the year. Harrison is the third fire chief in his family and the sixth member of...
View ArticleCouncil, mayor make board, organization assignments
The Tooele City Council is set to move forward with business after appointing its members to various boards and positions during its first meeting of the year. On Jan. 3 the City Council appointed...
View ArticleResidents charged for exposing child to meth appear in court
Three Grantsville residents charged with felonies after a 3-year-old child in their care ingested methamphetamine appeared in 3rd District Court last week. Lucinda Marie Black, 30, Ashley Lee Black,...
View ArticleVernon audience supports county government change
The four Vernon residents who showed up Thursday night for a town hall meeting with the Tooele County Government Study Committee weren’t shy about sharing their support for a change in county’s...
View ArticleStockton mayor to resign by month’s end
During the Stockton Town Council meeting on Thursday, Mayor Mark Whitney announced he would be resigning from his position at the end of the month. Whitney was first elected to office in Nov. 2009...
View ArticleRussell M. Nelson is LDS church’s 17th president
President Russell M. Nelson became the 17th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Sunday morning, as announced during a live broadcast from the Salt Lake City Temple on...
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