Country Explosion brought in more than new dollars
Country Explosion festival goers did leave some of their money at Tooele County businesses, according to local business owners. But more money in the coffers of business owners, which translates into...
View ArticleWiggins to receive top NASA award
After 12 years as a volunteer Solar Systems Ambassador, Stansbury resident Patrick Wiggins will receive NASA’s top civilian honor next month. Wiggins will become the first NASA ambassador to receive...
View ArticleWildfires burn across Tooele County
Hundreds of firefighters from local and federal agencies are battling six different wildfires in Tooele County, including one near Pine Canyon that necessitated an evacuation and another near Dugway...
View ArticleSports Wrap – July 31, 2014
Pratt Aquatic Center resumes hours The Pratt Aquatic Center will resume regular summer hours Wednesday, July 30. Lessons for the fifth set will be held Wednesday through Friday this week and Monday...
View ArticleTribute band to bring Beatles’ music to Tooele stage Friday
Imagine, a nationally-acclaimed Beatles tribute band that has toured wordwide, will take local residents back in time at Fridays on Vine this week. The band will be one of the best-travelled acts to...
View ArticleBeanstock helps refill foodbank shelves
Over 400 Tooele County residents and other guests gathered at Deseret Peak Complex July 25-26 to hear local musical talent perform at the 4th annual Beanstock Benefit. For one full bag of groceries,...
View ArticleLearn about crime prevention, safety at Tooele City Park Aug. 5
It’s supposed to be a fun night of family activity, but the event’s real bottom line is to let criminals know that citizens are fighting back. From 5-7 p.m. next Tuesday, the Tooele City Police...
View ArticleAdvanced Learning to prepare preschool students
Three generations of a family rooted in Pine Canyon have joined forces to bring a preschool to Tooele County that features direct instruction. Sisters Jodee McNutt and Melissa Albrecht, along with...
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Governor names new director for state’s foremost economic development office
Val Hale A former head of Brigham Young University’s athletic department has been selected to be the next director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Gov. Gary Herbert has named Val Hale...
View ArticleActivists file lawsuit against commissioners regarding remote roads
The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and a Tooele County resident have filed suit against the Tooele County Commissioners and the Utah Attorney General to halt the progress of a two-year-old legal...
View ArticleHousing market growth ‘stabilizes’ in 2nd quarter
After three consecutive years of growth during the second quarter of the year, the housing market in Tooele County remained stable in the second quarter of 2014. According to statistics from the...
View ArticleStockton water restriction may be lifted
It’s been a dry couple of weeks for Stockton residents, but the town’s water situation may improve. Residents were ordered not to use culinary water for outdoor watering after a July 16 wildfire...
View ArticleSettlement Canyon shutting off water
Water service from Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company will be shut off this Friday after dropping 30 inches per week during July. The reservoir was down to 23 inches at the beginning of the week,...
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Keith Hanney Evans
Keith Hanney Evans passed away Aug. 2, 2014, peacefully at his home in Skull Valley. He was born in Randolph, Utah, on Feb. 9, 1931, to Edward Lyman Evans and Thelma Hanney Evans. Keith attended school...
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Terry Boorsma
Born Aug. 12, 1941, in Enid, Oklahoma, to James and Lucille Boorsma. Returned to our Heavenly Father and joined his wife Maureen (Cydi) Boorsma Aug. 3, 2014. He enjoyed a wonderful life here on earth,...
View ArticleComing full circle
Time may not necessarily heal all wounds, but when it comes to economic development in Tooele County, it certainly has helped. At the second Tooele County Economic Development Strategic Planning Day on...
View ArticleNew theater company set for first production at Clark Farm
A newly-formed community theater company in Grantsville will launch its first production this week. The Grantsville Performing Arts Council will open its production of “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”...
View ArticleMen accused of July robbery of Wendover restaurant charged
A West Valley man and an Ogden man accused of robbing a Wendover, Utah, restaurant appeared in 3rd District Court Tuesday. Alfredo Morales-Moreno, 29, of West Valley City, and Manuel Sanchez, 19, of...
View ArticleLiddiard helped bring electronics to Tooele
A pioneer Tooele County merchant passed away last week. George Liddiard, who helped build the forerunner to today’s Liddiard Home Furnishings, passed away July 27 at the age of 91. Liddiard, born in...
View ArticleTEAD inks contract for second wind turbine
Tooele Army Depot’s wind turbine will be getting a twin. A $5.5 million contract was awarded last month to Icenogle Construction Management Inc., a company based in San Francisco, to install a new...
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