Four charged in connection with drugs bust on I-80
A traffic stop by Utah Highway Patrol troopers netted a considerable amount of marijuana and charges against four out-of-state men. Christopher James Harris, 39, of Kentucky; Christopher Scott...
View ArticleGrantsville City reviews possible county housing authority project
The Grantsville City Council discussed the concept for a Tooele County Housing Authority project on East Clark Street during its meeting last week. The project would create seven single-family lots in...
View ArticleCounty health will expand efforts to curtail opioid abuse
Tooele County will be part of a continuing statewide effort to confront the opioid abuse crisis. A recent study concluded that the use of opioids and heroin in Tooele County remains a critical health...
View ArticleIndependent audit advises Tooele County to tighten its internal controls
Tooele County ended the year in a good financial position, but a new independent auditor wants the county to change how it keeps records and prepares financial statements to comply with accounting...
View ArticleWinter’s inversion usher in county wide burn restrictions
While it’s the season to get ready for Santa to come down your chimney, it’s also time to think about what is going up your chimney. Wood and coal burning restriction season in Utah started Nov. 1 and...
View ArticleMusical ‘White Christmas’ on stage at church dinner theatre
Tickets are selling fast for The Old Grantsville Church Dinner Theatre production of “White Christmas,” according to theatre owner Macae Wanberg. The musical, which features songs by Irving Berlin,...
View ArticleWonderful Life Festival set for this weekend at Deseret Peak Complex
A Christmas Dynamic Duo will visit Deseret Peak Complex on Saturday to be part of the Fifth Annual “It’s a Wonderful Life Festival.” The public is invited to have pancakes with Buddy the Elf from 8...
View ArticleWasatch Infusion brings IV therapies to town
A new medical facility in Tooele County is giving residents an option to get IV therapy in a comfortable home-like setting without leaving the county. An IV spa opened at Northpointe Medical Park this...
View ArticleNominations and donations welcome for annual benefit fund drive
The 41st annual Tooele Transcript Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund is accepting donations and looking for more nominations to come in from readers for potential beneficiaries of the fund. Each...
View ArticleGrantsville OKs amendment to Old Lincoln Highway concept plan
The Grantsville City Council approved an amendment to a single-family housing development along the Old Lincoln Highway during its meeting Wednesday night. The amendment added 11 homes, built on...
View ArticleCounty Commission delays vote on several pending items
The agenda for the Tooele County Commission’s Dec. 18 meeting just got longer, and it hasn’t even been prepared yet. During its meeting on Tuesday night, the county commission delayed votes on three of...
View ArticleGrantsville seeks council applicants to fill vacancy
Grantsville City is looking for an interested and qualified Grantsville resident to fill the mid-term vacancy created after City Councilman Tom Tripp was elected to the Tooele County Commission. The...
View ArticleGrantsville earns more high marks for it finances
For the sixth year in a row, Grantsville City received the highest marks on its financial audit — an unmodified opinion. Spencer Hintze from Gilbert & Stewart, CPA, of Provo, presented the city’s...
View ArticleCounty OKs $40.8M general budget for 2019
The 2019 Tooele County budget will bring more employees to the county, a variety of capital improvement projects, and a possible property tax increase. The Tooele County Commission adopted the budget...
View ArticleTip-a-Cop Fundraiser 2018
The Grantsville City Police Department and other partners in law enforcement took orders instead of calls Tuesday night, working as servers at Casa Del Rey for the Tip a Cop fundraiser. The event,...
View ArticleStallions suffer OT loss to 6A Hillcrest
The Stansbury boys basketball team appeared destined for double overtime Tuesday night on the road in Midvale against Class 6A Hillcrest when Peyton Thevenot drew a foul with just two seconds left and...
View ArticleCowboys edge Buffs in dual
Typically, when Tooele and Grantsville have met on the wrestling mat, it has been the Buffaloes who have had the upper hand, using their depth to fend off the Cowboys. On Tuesday night at Tooele High...
View ArticleIn 1943, father of Elton Tunnel announces retirement
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 first and second and...
View ArticleStansbury referendum petitioners enter diversion agreement in court
Two of the petition sponsors behind a rezone referendum concerning high density housing in Stansbury Park charged with misdemeanors in 3rd District Court have entered a diversion program. Erin Giles,...
View ArticleAudit: School district’s financial records given ‘clean’ opinion
The Tooele County School District passed its 2017-18 independent audit with flying colors. Dave Brown, partner with Squire & Company, an Orem-based accounting firm, presented the findings of the...
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