Education corridor may have energy as its focus
Graduate students from the University of Utah see nothing that would prevent Tooele City from becoming a leader in the development of new renewable energy technologies — and they have a plan to make it...
View ArticleStansbury to get study for possible city incorporation
First Lake Point, now Stansbury Park. There may be not one, but two new cities in Tooele County’s future. Tooele County Clerk Marilyn Gillette presented the Tooele County Commissioners with a certified...
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Timothy D. West A swift, coordinated response by firefighters and residents saved Stockton from a wildfire that threatened homes, forced evacuations and contaminated the town’s water supply. Tooele...
View ArticleA town saved
There are countless communities across America’s West that have been spared from the ravages of wildfire thanks to the men and women who make such pandemonium their business to extinguish. Recently in...
View ArticleMorning auto crash closes State Road 36
A head-on crash near the Tooele Army Depot closed SR-36 this morning. At about 7:40 a.m., a red passenger car going south on SR-36 drifted into the northbound lane, hitting a white pickup truck...
View ArticleNew interfaith program to help homeless families
A new program offered by an interfaith network of local churches has been started to assist homeless families in Tooele County. Called Family Promise, the Tooele United Methodist Church is the first...
View ArticleSeries of blood drives scheduled this week
The American Red Cross has scheduled a series of opportunities for Tooele County residents to donate blood. The drive started Friday at Stansbury High School. The next one will be on Tuesday, July 22,...
View ArticleNew Pioneer Day event hopes to revitalize July 24 celebration
The combined Tooele stakes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have discontinued their annual Pioneer Day children’s parade in favor of what they hope will prove to be a more popular,...
View ArticleThunderstorm creates more local wildfires
Sunday’s thunderstorm has kept firefighters busy as crews battle more than a dozen fires sparked by lightning. Tooele County Fire Warden Tom Wilson said as of Monday morning, four fires had been...
View ArticleMilne offers apology for passing tax rate without hearing
A Tooele County Commissioner has publicly apologized for not holding a public hearing when the commissioners approved a new municipal services tax on July 1. “At our last commission meeting, we...
View ArticleCountry Explosion campers say they will come back
The Deseret Peak Complex blossomed into a tent and RV city -— population 5,000 — for the four days of Country Explosion. Country Explosion campers filled lots and fields and enjoyed the music and...
View ArticleStockton water is turned back on
The arson-caused wildfire that swept down from the foothills east of Stockton last Wednesday and threatened homes and contaminated the town’s water supply has been listed as controlled, a fire official...
View ArticleCountry Explosion rocks big names
Bringing big acts such as Reba and Toby Keith not only brought Tooele County a load of weekend tourism, but also made country music come alive for local fans of the genre. Country fans from all over...
View ArticleCounty clear of virus spread by mosquitoes
Some of Utah’s closest neighbors, including California and Colorado, have already reported the presence of the West Nile Virus, but so far Tooele Valley remains in the clear. The species that carries...
View Article7 contestants will vie for Miss Tooele County crown
The 2014 Miss Tooele County Scholarship Pageant will be held at 7 p.m. this Saturday at Grantsville High School. According to pageant director Abi McNeill, this year’s pageant has seven excellent...
View ArticleIndependent economic development organization suggested to lead area effort...
Tooele County and its municipal leaders are ready to revive an old approach to unite economic development efforts in Tooele County. Government, education, military and business leaders from the county...
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Stockton man charged for wildfire arson
Timothy D. West A Stockton man who allegedly set a fire that threatened the town has been charged with arson. Timothy West, 27, was charged Sunday with arson of the property of another, a second-degree...
View ArticleMiller Motorsports Park gives scholarships to 3 graduates
Miller Motorsports Park has selected three Tooele County high school graduates to receive the company’s annual college scholarships as they head off to school this fall. Ashton Hubbard and Madison...
View ArticleVernon man arrested for allegedly hitting pedestrian in Tooele City
A Vernon man was arrested last week after allegedly hitting a woman with his car while driving drunk. Last Friday, officers from the Tooele City Police Department responded to 600 N. Main Street, where...
View ArticleCountry Explosion deemed ‘pretty peaceful event’
For bringing in several thousand people to an event that sold $5,000 worth of beer a day, crime at Country Explosion was more of a fizzle than a bang. Lt. Ron Johnson of the Tooele County Sheriff’s...
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