Area’s long drought may see needed relief
Despite another dismal month for water supplies, there is hope that Tooele County’s years-long drought could end in the coming months. The National Weather Service, along with the U.S. Drought Monitor,...
View ArticleFirm to develop plan for Tooele’s future finances
After years of considering a deal, Tooele City has signed a contract with a Salt Lake City-based finance firm city officials hope will provide them a glimpse into the financial future. Tooele City has...
View ArticleNew rate set for municipal services tax
Without holding a promised truth in taxation hearing, the Tooele County Commission adopted a final municipal services tax rate and $1.5 million in additional property tax revenue for 2014. County...
View ArticleLocal playwright remembered for ‘finding the best in others’
The friends and family of Yvonne Hiss, a local playwright, thespian, artist and writer, have spent the weeks since her death and funeral reminiscing about her impact on Tooele’s faith-filled and...
View ArticleUnique fund strives to meet small business needs
When Allie Derrick was ready to move her beauty shop from her home to Tooele City’s Main Street, she turned to the Utah Microenterprise Fund for a low-interest business loan. “After I shared my...
View ArticleLiveFit crowns top weight-loss contestants at July 4 festivities
LiveFit honored 12 top contestants, the winners of the coalition’s first ever Fit to Win weight loss competition, during a ceremony at Tooele City’s Fourth of July carnival last Friday. LiveFit...
View ArticleBent Fender returns to concert series to share love of music
Bent Fender, a local band that specializes in covers from the 60s and 70s, will return to the Fridays on Vine series this weekend for an encore of its 2013 performance. The five-year-old band will play...
View ArticleArea farmers set to kick off first market of the season at gristmill
The Benson Gristmill will be the first local venue to kick off its annual farmers market, and this year, the farmer’s market will do more than ever before to make fresh, local produce available to...
View ArticleSchool district signs deal for bus safety program
Tooele County School District buses will begin sporting business logos this fall as they take students to and from school. The Tooele County School Board approved an agreement Tuesday with the Child...
View ArticleConcert will result in nightly closure of highway
Starting one week from today Deseret Peak Complex will swell in population for four days and become as large as the city of Centerville, Utah. Country Explosion, which bills itself as Utah’s largest...
View ArticleFirefighters kept busy over weekend
Firework incidents kept some firefighters busy, while others had a relaxing holiday weekend. In Tooele City, members of the Tooele City Fire Department were called to 11 grass fires caused by fireworks...
View ArticleSchool district to seek $19.5M bond
The Tooele County School District will ask voters to approve a $19.5 million bond this fall, but no new buildings will be built. The proposed general obligation bond will be used to refinance money the...
View ArticleSlim victory clears path for Stericycle move to county
Stericycle won a major local battle Wednesday, clearing the path for the company’s proposed Rowley incinerator — but only by the narrowest of margins. The Tooele County Planning Commission voted 3–2 to...
View ArticleDeath Notice: Brenda Turpin
Brenda Turpin passed away July 16, 2014. A full obituary will appear in Tuesday’s edition of the Tooele Transcript Bulletin.
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Rachel Brown Smith
In 1915 Woodrow Wilson was the president of the United States and he married Edith Galt in the White House. German U-boats sank the Lusitania, Ford produced the millionth automobile and an Italian...
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Ila Mae (Schoonover) Gillespie
1930 — 2014 Ila Mae (Schoonover) Gillespie, beloved wife, sister, mother, aunt and grandmother, passed away at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family July 14,...
View ArticleBoy rescued from driverless boat
A Grantsville police officer and a helpful bystander reunited a mother and son separated at Grantsville Reservoir Tuesday morning. The woman and her 3-year-old son were in a motorboat with the family...
View ArticleVernon residents getting used to Faust Road’s gravel
One year ago the Tooele County Road Department angered residents of Rush Valley when they churned up the blacktop on the Pony Express Trail from Five-Mile Pass to Faust. The work turned 12 miles of...
View ArticleLocal writers to host area’s first authors meet-and-greet event
Members of a local group for professional and aspiring writers hope a first-ever meet-and-greet event will help introduce the public to Tooele’s diverse writing community. The group, the Tooele chapter...
View ArticleFunk-style pop band to take stage Friday at Tooele City Park
It’s difficult to classify this week’s Fridays on Vine act — but it’s going to be big. Literally. This week’s band, We are the Strike, is comprised of nine musicians, making it the largest to perform...
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