Storm puts water year total at above normal
Monday’s snowstorm didn’t just wreak havoc with motorists and give countless citizens a sore back from shoveling deep, heavy snow. It also did some good, nudging Tooele City into the black on total...
View ArticleSchool board to consider all German DLI for West Elementary
West Elementary may soon become a Germantown. The Tooele County School Board heard a proposal to turn West Elementary into a magnet school featuring a student body entirely enrolled in the German...
View ArticleTwo Stansbury residents take seats on school board
Two new Tooele County School Board members took their seats on the board this week. Lark Reynolds, Tooele County School District’s business administrator, conducted the oath of office for Camille...
View ArticleStansbury citizens react to legal opinion on lake’s status
There was no quorum, but three trustees on the Stansbury Service Agency board held their regular meeting and took public comment Wednesday night. During the meeting, the Jan. 8 legal opinion, which...
View ArticleState diesel tech pathway reaches county students
Tooele County students interested in a career in diesel mechanics just got a boost from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. In a ceremony held at Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing West in the...
View ArticleI live with the hope I have yet to create my best work
I knew the day would come when I’d have to write this Out and About. I just never thought it would come so soon. After nearly 36 years of working for Transcript Bulletin Publishing as a writer,...
View ArticleTooele County Democrats respond to Herbert’s address
We thank Gov. Herbert for his State of the State address. It was good to hear about the healthy macro-economy and the state of revenue surplus Utah enjoys. However, it’s a shame all Utahns can’t enjoy...
View ArticleFull text of Gov. Herbert’s State of the State address
President Adams, Speaker Wilson, members of the Legislature, justices of the Supreme Court, Utah’s First Lady, Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. Cox, other constitutional officers, and my fellow Utahns: It...
View ArticleTooele man pleads guilty to forcible sexual abuse
A Tooele man pleaded guilty to two felony charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl. Ryan Foster Cook, 27, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual...
View ArticleCounty starting to see jump in flu infections
After a quiet start to the 2018-19 influenza season, the Tooele County Health Department is starting to hear reports of more than just a few local citizens getting hit with the flu. It’s not an...
View Article55 students from school district advance to regional science fair
Human litter can destroy plant growth. That’s the scientific conclusion of a student’s entry into the Tooele County School District’s science and engineering fair. The school district held the fair at...
View ArticleState auditor: Utah police face less discipline than other states
A new report released by the state auditor’s office indicates Utah law enforcement officers face more lenient punishment for misconduct than those in other states. The report, released Wednesday,...
View ArticleRezone for Kennecott property in Lake Point will be on 2020 ballot
So far one out of six referendum petitions has successfully found a place on the 2020 general election ballot. Sponsors of the referendum that put the rezone that cleared the way for the Adobe Rock...
View ArticleOpen house for Tooele Valley transportation set for today
Residents interested in the future of transportation in Tooele County can attend an open house today hosted by the Wasatch Front Regional Council. The long-range transportation plan, which details...
View ArticleHerbert: Give the money back to the people
Taxes, education and air quality. Those are three key issues facing the state that Gov. Gary Herbert tackled in his 2019 State of the State address Wednesday night in the state House of Representative...
View ArticleSwimmers finish season at state
The Class 3A state swim meet gets under way this afternoon with a pair of Grantsville swimmers looking to finish their season in style. Zane Thomas is the top seed in the boys’ 100-yard backstroke and...
View ArticleCowboys outlast Judge, capture Region 13 title
It was by no means an easy feat, but the Grantsville girls basketball team got the job done Tuesday night. The Cowboys went 6-for-7 from the free-throw line in the final 24 seconds, allowing them to...
View ArticleStansbury wins thriller in Tooele
It hadn’t been the best of shooting nights for Stansbury senior guard Mia Thurber, but she came up big when her team needed it most Tuesday night at Tooele High School. With time ticking down and the...
View ArticleIf you think something is broken, let me know
I never saw it coming. Two weeks ago after our weekly Thursday editorial staff meeting, Publisher Emeritus Joel Dunn made up an excuse for me to follow him downstairs. He invited his son, Bruce, to...
View ArticleIn 1969, fire destroys home of Pete Grimm
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...
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