SR-36 Renewed plans getting finalized
State road officials will discuss details of the upcoming $25.5 million reconstruction of Tooele City’s Main Street at a public open house next week. Final plans for the reconstruction are falling into...
View ArticleWill prison board select final site?
Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, surprised the House Republican caucus Tuesday on Utah’s Capitol Hill. He suggested the Prison Relocation Commission should be given the authority to make the final...
View ArticleStudy: More than 10,000 locals head east for work
Trena Atherley was laid off from the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in October 2013. She found a new job in March 2014 and started commuting from her home in Tooele to the Chevron Refinery in...
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Stockton man sent to prison for last July’s arson wildfire
Timothy D. West The Stockton man accused of setting a wildfire that threatened homes in Stockton and damaged the town’s water tank last July has been sentenced to up to five years in the Utah State...
View ArticleTooele High FFA students send special message of compassion
Tooele High School’s FFA club put sticky notes with positive sayings on every locker in the school for National FFA week last Friday. When students got to school on Monday, they could see the notes all...
View ArticleHouse, Senate differ on partisan school board selection process
The Utah House and Senate are tangled over a new method to select state school board members. The Senate has approved bills for a partisan state school board election and the House approved legislation...
View ArticleCriminal justice reform winds its way through Legislature
The possession of a small amount of a controlled substance may land you in a supervised treatment program instead of jail in Utah. A bill to change the way the state deals with people with substance...
View ArticleNew Erda stake president aims to bring persons, families to Christ
Though so much of Tavis Knudsen’s last week has revolved around finding volunteers to oversee finances, schedules and events, his long-term goals for Erda’s new LDS stake has little to do with any of...
View ArticleHealthy Woman event to mark 10th anniversary next weekend
Mountain West Medical Center has special plans for next weekend’s 10th annual Healthy Woman expo. Mountain West was one of the hospitals chosen by its parent company to pilot the women’s expo ten years...
View ArticleLegislature ponders medical marijuana
With one week left on the state legislative calendar, a bill to approve medical marijuana is on hold in the Senate. Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs, introduced Senate Bill 259 on Feb., 25. The...
View ArticleNon-profit pitches proposal to purchase Clark Farm and fields
The Friends of the Clark Farm have put together a proposal to buy a 23-acre parcel, including the historic farm, outbuildings, a preschool and farmable acreage. The proposal takes property targeted for...
View ArticleHouse plan for health care sets up collision course with governor
A House committee on Wednesday rejected a plan to extend health care coverage to 126,000 Utahns and supported a plan critics say will cost the state more money to bring health care to less people. One...
View ArticleSheriff to reopen substation that serves Stansbury
The Stansbury Park Tooele County Sheriff substation will reopen to the public as early as next Monday. Tooele County Sheriff Paul Wimmer said finishing touches are being put on the substation in the...
View ArticleSR-36 road work may start in two weeks
The orange cones are coming. After a well-attended open house and public presentation by Utah Department of Transportation officials on Wednesday, members of the Tooele City Council voted unanimously...
View ArticleSchool board sends travel policy back for fourth revision
The fourth time may be the charm for Tooele County School District’s travel policy. For the third time Tuesday night, the Tooele County School Board reviewed proposed changes to the district’s policy...
View ArticleGrantsville approves project to connect water tanks to prevent system failure
The Grantsville City Council has approved a project intended to protect the city’s water supply in the event of a system failure. Dubbed the West Bench Waterline, the $477,349 project connects water...
View ArticleMild winter gives road work earlier start
The unseasonably warm and dry winter hasn’t just made things easier for commuters in Tooele County making the daily trek to work. It’s also made work for local snowplow crews easier and resulted in...
View ArticleGrantsville may change code to keep prison out
Grantsville City is looking to add another tool in its efforts to keep the Utah State Prison from possibly relocating inside its municipal borders. The Grantsville City Planning Commission will review...
View ArticleGHS Debate Team is making its mark
Grantsville High School’s debate team went from zero to 22 this year and has quickly learned the power of voice “to express ideas and invoke change.” During this school year, the team’s first year of...
View ArticleNew water main project begins Monday
Spring is in the air. Trees are budding, birds are singing, and next Monday, Tooele City residents will wake up to the sounds of the first official day of construction season. Tooele City is set to...
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