20th Annual Garden Tour will feature two days, 14 gardens to experience
The Tooele County Master Gardeners’ Annual Garden Tour will be held this weekend across Tooele Valley. The tour runs Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will feature 14...
View Article2 Idaho men face drug charges after getting caught at Dugway
Two Idaho men are facing criminal charges after they were arrested for possession of illegal drugs at the gates to Dugway Proving Ground. Austin James Bruce, 23, and Miguel Joseph Chavez, 23, both of...
View ArticleTooele man charged with aggravated robbery, assault
A Tooele man is facing felony charges after he allegedly pulled a knife on a man before taking his debit card. Justin Parker Mauldin, 28, is charged with first-degree felony aggravated robbery,...
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Joseph Freeman Jr. to speak at Sunday fireside in Tooele
Joseph Freedman Joseph Freeman Jr., the first man of black African descent to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will speak at a fireside this Sunday...
View ArticleNew TCEM app ready to help in emergencies
Tooele County residents will now have the various resources of Tooele County Emergency Management at their fingertips through a new app. The new app, Tooele Ready, is a central hub for county...
View ArticleTooele City Council OKs contract for work on culinary water system
The Tooele City Council approved an $824K contract Wednesday for a culinary water improvement project to be completed this summer. The contract is with Broken Arrow, Inc., and about two-thirds of the...
View ArticleGrantsville OKs zone changes for residential, commercial properties
Two developers were granted requests, one for a general plan amendment and the other a zoning change, by the Grantsville City Council during its meeting Wednesday evening. Bill Castagno requested a...
View ArticleBateman proposes two new routes to get gravel trucks off county roads
One Tooele County commissioner has a plan to get gravel trucks off county roads in the north end of Tooele Valley. With several gravel pits operating between state Route 36 and Droubay Road, residents...
View ArticleGravel companies question need for more regulations
Four large operators of gravel pits in Tooele County aren’t happy with a proposed new ordinance that would change the way their business is regulated. The Tooele County Planning Commission held a...
View ArticleEducational Fun at Patriot Camp
A Patriot Camp was held this week at the Coulter House Event Center in Stansbury Park. The day camp hosted 92 children from the area and taught them about the founding of America, along with early...
View ArticleIn 1968, new post office opens in Town of Stockton
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 third week of June....
View ArticleLocal ham radio operators prepare for field day event next week
Members of the West Desert Amateur Radio Club will participate in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise June 23-24. WDARC will have its emergency communications trailer in the front parking lot...
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested, charged in May Middle Canyon shooting
A second man has been arrested and charged in connection with a May 15 shooting in Middle Canyon. Manuel Mora-Hermosillo, 19, of Tooele, is charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault...
View ArticleTrial date set in sodomy case involving Stansbury Park man
The Stansbury Park man charged with five felony charges connected to the rape of a child in 2012 will stand trial in September, following a scheduling conference in 3rd District Court on Tuesday....
View ArticleLake mowers at Stansbury Lake down for repairs
For any residents keeping an eye out for the Stansbury Service Agency’s distinctive blue and orange lake mowers, they won’t be seen for at least the rest of the week. During the service agency board...
View ArticleMusician offers song to help pay for new statue at local park
The public can pay to help complete and install a bronze statue of a World War II veteran at Tooele’s Veterans Memorial Park on Veterans Day by simply downloading a song. “Some Gave All” by country...
View ArticleFires break out at industrial depot; one deemed suspicious
Local firefighters battled a series of fires in the Ninigret and Peterson industrial depots Wednesday afternoon, and one of the fires is being investigated as suspicious. Two fires were sparked along...
View ArticleDemocrats to hold Meet the Candidates night at park
Tooele County Democrats aren’t having a primary election in June, but they are serving up hamburgers and hotdogs for a sit down dinner fundraiser and a chance to meet their candidates. The Tooele...
View ArticleSchool District proposes $163M 2018-19 budget
The Tooele County School District’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 school year will increase spending by $5 million. The combined total expenses for all district funds for the next school year will...
View ArticleGetting Arts Festival Ready
The sound of banging hammers and power equipment could be heard across Aquatic Center Park Wednesday as artists and vendors erected display booths in preparation of the 33rd annual Tooele Arts...
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