Taylorsville man sentenced to jail in store robbery
A Taylorsville man will spend up to 180 days total in the Tooele County Detention Center for his role in the robbery of the Tooele Maverik convenience store. Helamen Tuakalau Makalio, 26, was...
View ArticleTwo charged in connection to dead dogs found on road
A pair of Tooele residents are facing felony charges in connection with the deaths of two malnourished dogs found on the shoulder of Smelter Road in January. KC Lynn Olson, 28, and PJ Hepner, 34, are...
View ArticleHospital honored for quickly treating stroke patients
Mountain West Medical Center is the fastest among 28 rural hospitals in the Intermountain West in treating stroke patients using a University of Utah Hospital TeleStroke Program, a health official...
View ArticleCounty extends deadline for gravel pit owners to sue
Instead of a deadline that ended today, gravel operators now have more time to decide if they want to challenge Tooele County’s new ordinance regulating existing gravel pits. The County Commission...
View ArticleStorm buries Tooele Valley
A significant winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Tooele County from Tuesday evening into Wednesday, disrupting commuters and causing numerous closures. The 24-hour snowfall total...
View ArticleBalanced Buffs hold off Miners
The Tooele boys basketball team came into its final home game of the season Wednesday night needing a win to clinch a trip to the Class 4A state tournament. On the other side was a desperate Park City...
View ArticleAnother year older
This morning, I was texting with a friend from college and jokingly bemoaning the fact my 30th birthday now looms on the horizon. “I do not like the idea of being 30,” he said. With the calendar of...
View ArticleMountain West Medical Center focuses on heart health during February
The American College of Cardiology recently confirmed that Mountain West Medical Center is a chest pain accredited hospital. “We are one of 700 hospitals in the United States that is chest pain...
View ArticleTooele man accepts plea deal in Middle Canyon shooting case
The Tooele man suspected of a non-fatal shooting in Middle Canyon last May pleaded guilty to a single felony robbery charge in 3rd District Court on Monday. Alejandro Sainz, 26, pleaded guilty to the...
View ArticleTooele City Council approves code changes for cul de sacs, dumpsters in...
The Tooele City Council approved an ordinance amending the city code pertaining to cul-de-sacs and dumpsters in street right-of-ways during its meeting Wednesday night. The city code is strict on the...
View ArticleMattress company and Tooele Education Foundation climb into bed together
The Tooele County School Board may be looking purple, but it has nothing to do with Tooele High School. Tooele Education Foundation Executive Director Clint Spindler announced the foundation has...
View ArticleSnowplow crews help clear road after family calls in for help
Even as the first bit of precipitation rolled into Tooele City from the latest winter storm Wednesday afternoon, the Tooele County roads department had a grader and loader clearing drifted snow near...
View ArticleWest Elementary parents that oppose all DLI program speak up
Some parents at West Elementary aren’t happy with a proposal to turn their neighborhood school into the school district’s first all dual language immersion school. The Tooele County School District...
View ArticleCouncil ratifies two projects to prep site for police station
The Tooele City Council ratified a pair of contracts which help clear the site for the future police station on Garden Street Wednesday night. Tooele City engineer Paul Hansen presented both contracts...
View ArticleCounty unemployment rate holds steady at 3.6 percent
Sometimes numbers can be misleading. At the end of December 2018 there were 15,983 nonfarm jobs in Tooele County, down 518 jobs from December 2017, a 3.1 percent decrease, according to preliminary...
View ArticleIn 1944, man loses his hand in mysterious way
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 and fourth...
View ArticleRed Feather Acoustic Trio to play in Grantsville
Red Feather Acoustic Trio will perform a free concert in the Old Grantsville Church on Friday at 7:30 p.m. It is the fourth concert to be held there by Excellence in the Community in partnership with...
View ArticleFull text of Mayor Marshall’s State of the City address
Honorable City Council, staff members, employees, citizens and guests. It is my distinct honor and great privilege this evening to report to you. Tonight, we celebrate our accomplishments of the past...
View ArticleTooele City Library sees success in move to fine-free
After one year of no longer issuing daily fines for overdue items, the Tooele City Library has seen positive returns, according to library director Jami Carter. In a presentation to the Tooele City...
View ArticleTooele man sentenced to prison for sexual abuse of a child
A Tooele man will spend six years to life in the Utah State Prison for sexual abuse of a child following sentencing Tuesday morning in 3rd District Court. Dennis J. Andreasen, 58, pleaded guilty to one...
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