Area unemployment rate makes slight drop
The unemployment rate for Tooele County continued a slow decline in July. The Department of Workforce Services reported that the July 2014 unemployment rate for Tooele County was 4.4 percent compared...
View ArticleTooele City to complete projects in Overlake
In accord with a recent lawsuit settlement, Tooele City has agreed to complete several community improvement projects in the Overlake area. On Aug. 20 the Tooele City Council unanimously approved a...
View ArticleDepleted uranium decision on the horizon?
The fate of 5,400 barrels of depleted uranium that have been sitting above ground in temporary storage at a disposal facility in Tooele County’s West Desert may soon be known. The Utah Division of...
View ArticleLeast chub loses potential endangered species status
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced this week that it has removed Utah’s least chub from a waiting list to be included on the Endangered Species List. Prior to Monday’s decision, the least...
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Anthony Lynn Steadman
Loving husband, father, grandfather, son and brother will be deeply missed. Tony passed away at his home in Grantsville on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014. He has reunited with his father in heaven, mother...
View ArticleWest Nile Virus detected in Lake Point
After initially detecting West Nile Virus in Stansbury two weeks ago, the Tooele Valley Mosquito Abatement District announced over the weekend that a population of mosquitos in Lake Point has also...
View ArticleStill no word on scope of cyber attack on local health clinics
Two weeks after the incident, there is still no official word on the impact of a nation-wide cyber attack that also hit a series of local medical clinics and physicians. In mid-August, a China-based...
View ArticleDriver has apparent seizure, but luckily misses highway traffic near Lake Point
A man who apparently had a seizure while driving on SR-36 near Lake Point Thursday morning wasn’t injured nor harmed anyone else when he veered through oncoming traffic before coming to a stop in a...
View ArticleGrantsville now taking applicants for new justice court judge
Grantsville has an opening for a judge and locals are encouraged to apply. A position for Grantsville Justice Court judge opened when long-time judge Dar Butcher resigned on Aug. 15. Butcher had served...
View ArticleSchool bus involved in minor crash
A Tooele County School District bus was involved in a minor traffic accident on Aug. 25. Lt. Adrian Day of the Tooele City Police Department, said a school bus carrying about 60 elementary school-age...
View ArticleTalks underway to set Stericycle mitigation fees
Officials from Tooele County and Stericycle have formally begun negotiations regarding exactly how much the medical waste handler will pay to operate an incinerator 20 miles northwest of Grantsville....
View ArticleGreat Salt Lake near historic low, but level may go up soon
Although the Great Salt Lake is currently within feet of an historic low level, the lake’s harbormaster said there is reason to believe conditions will improve next spring. The lake currently sits at...
View ArticleOfficials to make push for highway
Shortly after Jared Hamner became the executive director of the Tooele County Chamber of Commerce, safety and economic reasons prompted him to join the crusade to get the midvalley highway built...
View ArticleDale Higley — 2014 Teacher of the year
A small town education doesn’t have to be small time. That’s the philosophy that has driven Dale Higley for 30 years. Higley’s dedication to quality education at Wendover High School, where he teaches...
View ArticleCommission sets new site criteria for moving state prison
The commission charged with selecting a new location for the Utah State Prison adopted criteria to guide the process in a meeting at the state capitol building Wednesday. The criteria, which assigns 15...
View ArticleLocal Mormons set to worship in unified satellite meeting Sunday
Residents who attend local LDS congregations will have the opportunity this weekend to meet in a single, unified Sunday service — albeit most of them by satellite broadcast. All nine of Tooele County’s...
View ArticleLoose connection causes power failure for 2,500 area homes
The southern portion of Tooele City woke without power Wednesday while crews repaired wire connections that had come loose. The power outage began at 3:43 a.m. when line connections became loose,...
View ArticleGrantsville DUI checkpoint nets arrests and numerous citations
Police backed up traffic in Grantsville Friday evening in an effort to curb drunk driving. Officers from the Grantsville City Police Department, Tooele City Police Department, Utah State Parks and the...
View ArticleTooele City appoints new head for parks, recreation
After what Mayor Patrick Dunlavy described as a lengthy review of more than 30 applications, Tooele City has officially selected a new director of parks and recreation. The city council voted...
View ArticleMoratorium set on plot sales at farm
An amendment to Grantsville City’s cemetery code has set a moratorium on plot sales at the portion of the Clark Historic Farm slated to become a burial ground. In a split vote preceded by a heated...
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