Benefit Fund family has learned to survive through all the chaos
Being diagnosed with a serious illness can change a person’s life. Between a battery of tests and discomfort in the present and a sudden uncertainty in the future, things can get complicated and scary....
View ArticleFan Fest granted exclusive rights for festival
Country Fan Fest will be the exclusive country and rock music festival at Deseret Peak Complex this summer. The Tooele County Commission approved a contract with Country Fan Fest, L.L.C. for the use of...
View Article‘We don’t want no stinkin’ prison’
Residents assembled at last Friday night’s town hall meeting in Grantsville had little patience for anyone inclined to support moving the Utah State Prison to Tooele County. Those few residents who...
View ArticleRight to expression
I’m opposed to the prison, but I’m even more opposed to those who impose their will by the sword. The greatest test of freedom is when someone speaks in favor of something you oppose, or vice versa. Do...
View ArticleAt its best
After reading “Elton appointed as new judge for court,” in the Dec. 9 edition, at face value the Transcript does not need to publish a comic section. As cartoon character Charlie Brown would likely...
View ArticleDoing good things
I don’t know how many people watched “At Your Leisure” on Sunday morning Dec. 21. That was the most professional, productive thing I’ve seen on Tooele County in the last eight years. I would like to...
View ArticleEmergency services to assemble new disaster coalition
Tooele County Emergency Management is pulling together a coalition of community leaders to discuss disaster planning, preparation and mitigation in 2015. Bucky Whitehouse, director of emergency...
View ArticleBetter health in 2015: You don’t always need a gym membership to get in shape
Tooele County residents who’ve set their sights on better health in 2015 don’t necessarily have to splurge on a gym membership or fancy equipment to get in shape. While some people do prefer gyms for...
View ArticleUHP cruiser hit by alleged drunk driver
A driver who may have been intoxicated struck a parked Utah Highway Patrol cruiser in West Wendover on Saturday. According to a press release from the West Wendover Police Department, officers from the...
View ArticleLawmaker thought new state prison would be an easy sell
A two-year old resolution approved by the Tooele County Commission had at least one state legislator thinking that finding a new home for the Utah State Prison wouldn’t be hard. If you take into...
View ArticleSheriff Park to bid adieu to 33 years wearing a badge, gun
When Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park leaves his office at noon on Jan. 6, he’ll do more than leave a post he’s kept for a dozen years — he’ll say good-bye to a life immersed in law enforcement. “The...
View ArticleTooele gets white Christmas with first big snowfall of winter
Romantics across Tooele Valley had wishes for a white Christmas granted in earnest this year. According to the National Weather Service Salt Lake City office, Salt Lake Valley and surrounding areas...
View ArticleLocal man killed in deputy-involved shooting
A Stansbury Park man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting early Sunday morning. Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park said Tooele County Dispatch received a call for a medical emergency at 4:05 a.m. A...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2014 #8: Embattled Stericycle burner was truly a year-long...
With an official relocation announcement that came last January and various investigations that continue to this day, Stericycle’s relocation to Tooele County became a truly year-long story. The state...
View ArticleTop Sports Stories of 2014 #2 – Stansbury wins second state softball title
Editor’s note: The following information was compiled from Transcript-Bulletin archives. For the second-consecutive year, the Stansbury girls’ softball team won the 3A state championship in May,...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2014 #7: String of teen and adult suicides result in new...
A string of suicides that began in Fall 2013 and continued into 2014 alarmed citizens and prompted local leaders to adopt policies and hold suicide prevention trainings for teenagers and adults....
View ArticleTop Sports Stories of 2014 #1 – GHS wins baseball crown for Nelson
Editor’s note: The following information was compiled from Transcript-Bulletin archives. Winning a state championship may have been the best thing to happen to the Grantsville boys baseball team since...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2014 #6: After financial crisis, county budget on the mend
After two years of budget cuts, mass lay offs, the reorganization of some departments and the elimination of others, 2014 was a year of recovery for Tooele County. The pool at Deseret Peak Complex...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2014 #5: Proposed prison move to county angers citizens,...
Few issues have ever unified — and divided — community leaders and residents so wholly as the possibility of relocating the Utah State Prison to Tooele County. A legislative resolution to move the...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2014 #4: Wildfire threatens to burn down Stockton
A fire allegedly set by a former volunteer firefighter threatened homes in Stockton and destroyed the town’s main water tank in July, causing some residents to be evacuated and to subsist on bottled...
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