District taps fund balance for shortfall
Despite successfully trimming $1.4 million from their current budget, Tooele County School District officials will be $700,000 short of a financial goal. Tooele County School Board members received the...
View ArticleCabela’s breaks ground
By next summer tons of outdoor merchandise will flow out of Tooele County to retail stores and direct business customers all over the western U.S. and Canada. Cabela’s, which bills itself as the...
View ArticleArea officers compete for Top Shot honors
Law enforcement battled it out in the West Desert Wednesday to see who would claim the title of Tooele County Top Shot. The event, hosted by Dugway Police as part of their celebration of National...
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Lanet Marie Ritter Weaver
Lanet Marie Ritter Weaver passed away May 18, 2014, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born August 2, 1957, to Jeannine and Arthur Ritter and was also raised by Rawleigh Anderson, whom she loved as...
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Nathan DeVere Jones
Nathan DeVere Jones returned to his Heavenly Father on May 26, 2014, at age 81. Nathan was born May 12, 1933, and was the first son of Nathan C. Jones and Eva Green Jones. He has two brothers, Gary...
View ArticleCounty’s tourism advisory board allocates $183K for projects
After a year of no tourism tax spending, the Tooele County Tourism Advisory Board has allocated $182,753 to 16 different groups to help fund activities that bring in visitors. The board received...
View ArticleTooele City triathlon growing in popularity across all age groups
With nearly a month to go before the actual event, Tooele City’s second annual sprint triathlon is already near capacity. The sprint triathlon, with consists of a 5K foot race, a 10K bicycle course and...
View ArticleBrief power outage hits Stansbury homes
Some Stansbury Park residents were left in the dark Tuesday night after a power fuse reportedly failed. The outage, just before 7:30 p.m., took out power to 861 customers in the northeast area of the...
View ArticleTATC to host summit on entrepreneurialism in food, agriculture
Local farmers, restaurateurs, and other food business leaders will meet this week at the Tooele Applied Technology College for the area’s first summit on food-related industries. Representatives from...
View ArticleNew campsite fee for Middle Canyon deemed a success
Middle Canyon’s new pay for camping program that debuted over Memorial Day weekend came off without a hitch, even as Tooele’s canyons were full to the brim with holiday visitors, an official says. “We...
View ArticleDistrict tries to ‘balance’ needs in response to student deaths
As the school year draws to a close, Tooele County School District leaders are struggling with a painful challenge they haven’t dealt with before: How to appropriately honor several students who died...
View ArticleBlue Peak graduates told to own ‘their lives’
Tooele County School District’s Blue Peak High School graduated 25 students in a ceremony Tuesday evening in the Community Learning Center’s gymnasium. An overworked air conditioner labored to pump...
View ArticleGrantsville graduates told to ‘have full confidence’
Amid waves of applause, members of the 2014 graduating class of Grantsville High School walked across the stage in the gymnasium Wednesday to receive their diplomas as the 100th class since the school...
View ArticleDeath Notice: Monte Allen Warr
Monte Allen Warr (Bear Hug) recently passed away. A full obituary and services are pending. For further information contact Tate Mortuary 435-882-0676.
View ArticleDeath Notice: Jerry Mora
Jerry Mora passed away on May 30th. A full obituary will appear in the Thursday edition of the Transcript Bulletin. For further information contact Tate Mortuary 435-882-0676.
View ArticleThe family of Rachel Fait
The family of Rachel Fait would like to express our sincerest appreciation for the prayers, hugs, flowers, gifts, money and all of the other expressions of love and friendship during this trying time....
View ArticleOquirrh Traders to close its doors after 26 years of business
Oquirrh Traders, a Tooele City pawn shop owned by Dan Mosteller, will close its doors on June 26 after 26 years of trading on Tooele’s Vine Street. Mosteller, 64, who came to Tooele from Arizona to...
View ArticleMan jailed after I-80 crash near 201 ramp hospitalizes four
A report of a reckless driver on Interstate 80 Saturday night eventually turned into a crash that involved four cars, caused the freeway to close and sent four to hospitals. Trooper Roger Daniels of...
View ArticleTooele City rolls out new, more user-friendly website
After nearly a year of planning and development, Tooele City Hall unveiled its new website last week. The old site, which was designed in the mid 90s, was outdated and difficult for users to navigate,...
View ArticleDugway graduation ceremony emphasizes camaraderie
Dugway High School graduated all eight of its 2014 seniors during a ceremony last Wednesday. The DHS class of 2014 has a special ability to look out for each other, said Dugway High School Principal...
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