Tooele City Arts Council seeking two additional board members
The Tooele City Arts Council is soliciting resumes of local artists who are interested in furthering the strength and diversity of the arts in Tooele. Because one of the council’s members recently...
View ArticleVoters to decide fate of district’s request to refinance old debt
Tooele County School District officials hope voters will read the entire ballot for the district’s special bond election before they cast their vote. Despite what may seem as confusing language, voter...
View ArticleTooele planning commission OKs Green Meadows project
A proposed Tooele City annexation is on its way to the city council for final approval after receiving a positive recommendation from the Tooele City Planning Commission on Wednesday night. The city...
View ArticleWendover Police arrest suspect wanted for murder in Oklahoma
An Oklahoma man suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend earlier this month was arrested in West Wendover on Tuesday. Federal investigators had tracked 37-year-old Erik Williams to the West...
View ArticleSheriff hopefuls answer key questions that reveal the importance of law...
Local voters will select new leadership for the Tooele County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 4. Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park, the lone Democrat among Tooele County elected officials, is retiring after 12...
View ArticleSeveral holiday events lead up to October’s haunting end
Residents looking to dress up and get a good scare — or at least some candy — will find no shortage of entertainment in Tooele County through the coming week. In addition to school carnivals, concerts,...
View ArticleMan to spend 30 years in prison for fatal crash
A man whose wrong-way driving killed a family on Independence Day will spend up to 30 years in prison for the crime. In 3rd District Court on Tuesday, Paul Michael Mumford, 36, of Murray, was sentenced...
View ArticleFinal list of prison sites on hold for another week
Grantsville Mayor Brent Marshall didn’t get the answer he wanted to hear after two hours of listening to a state legislative commission that met at the state capitol on Wednesday morning. He wanted to...
View ArticleCounty’s financial recovery effort ‘has ended’
Mission accomplished. Tooele County Treasurer Jeremy Walker offered some news during the county commission’s Tuesday night meeting: The county’s financial recovery goals are complete. “The recovery has...
View ArticleHatch wants to enlarge Utah Test and Training Range
The 1.7 million acres of land occupied by the Utah Test and Training Range in Utah’s West Desert isn’t enough ground for testing today’s modern military weapons. So Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to add...
View ArticleCounty honors fallen Elko commissioner
The Tooele County Commission has approved a resolution declaring Friday to be Grant Gerber Day in Tooele County. Gerber is the Elko County commissioner who founded and organized the Grass March Cowboy...
View ArticleElection edition will hit doorsteps on Wednesday
Next Tuesday’s edition of the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin will be delivered on Wednesday morning to make sure readers have the latest general election results with their eggs and toast. The edition will...
View ArticleMan charged with assault for allegedly aiming gun at couple
A dispute over land usage rights near Stockton has resulted in criminal charges for a Texas man. According to a probable cause statement, a couple who said they had leased rights to a piece of property...
View ArticleCounty’s future financial managers answer questions before Tuesday’s general...
When Tooele County commissioners eliminated two elected offices for 2015, they set the stage for an historic county election this fall. In January 2014, Commissioners Shawn Milne and Bruce Clegg voted...
View ArticleMan threatens girlfriend with knife
A Wendover man faces criminal charges after allegedly threatening his girlfriend with a knife. According to a probable cause statement, Bryant Lon Despain, 45, had been drinking when he and his...
View ArticleLegislature seeks votes for constitutional changes
The 2014 Utah Legislature has put three requests for changes in the state constitution on the general election ballot this fall. The three constitutional amendments are sandwiched between a long list...
View ArticleFinalists chosen for open JP seat
Three finalists are up for taking over the position of justice of the peace in Grantsville, and the public is welcome to weigh in. The nominees for the vacancy in the Grantsville Justice Court, left...
View ArticleHalloween warnings urged for treaters, motorists
Legend says that Halloween is the night when the worlds of the living and of the dead come closest, allowing spirits passage into the mortal realm. Since it can be difficult to tell the difference...
View ArticleCounty rescinds finance director position
Tooele County Commissioners have decided that they won’t hire a director of finance for the county by the end of this year. Their announcement on Wednesday reverses a decision they made a month ago....
View ArticleStudy: Lake Point can be a city and afford it
You can, if you want to. That’s the message 60 Lake Point residents heard as they sat on folding chairs in the engine bays of the Lake Point fire station on Tuesday evening. The residents came to hear...
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