Pony Express en route to a return appearance this weekend
Local history enthusiasts will have a chance this weekend to relive one of the most romantic icons of Tooele County’s past: the Pony Express. Members of the National Pony Express Association keep the...
View ArticleTooele librarian elected to lead state association of libraries
Tooele City has long held that the local library is one of the best, with cutting-edge technology, innovative new programs and patronage that is off the charts. But these days, the signature in library...
View ArticleCounty OKs tourism grants for gristmill pageant, horse shows
The Tooele County Commission approved two more tourism fund grants at its Tuesday night meeting. The commissioners approved a $10,000 request from the Benson Gristmill Performing Arts Foundation, and a...
View ArticleGrantsville OKs $4.7M budget with funds set for new projects
The Grantsville City Council unanimously approved Wednesday a $4.7 million budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year, which includes a 12.5 percent increase in spending. The final budget includes a spending...
View ArticleRockwell appointed to vacancy on state tax commission
Rebecca Rockwell Tooele City resident Rebecca Rockwell has been appointed and approved to serve on the Utah State Tax Commission. A state senate confirmation hearing was held Wednesday for Rockwell,...
View ArticleFond friendships forged at arts festival
Amanda Cloutier, a former Cirque du Soleil seamstress turned independent artist, has never set foot in Tooele City. For that matter, she’s never set foot in Salt Lake City, though she says she drove...
View ArticleI-80 crash takes life of West Valley man near Lake Point
A West Valley City man was killed in a single vehicle accident Wednesday morning near mile marker 100 on Interstate 80. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the crash victim was Andy Pham, 31. Pham...
View ArticleTruth in taxation hearing needed for district budget
The Tooele County School Board adopted a tentative $132 million budget for the 2015-2016 school year during their budget hearing meeting on Tuesday night. While the $132,038,854 tentative expenses for...
View ArticleJapanese lab may also have received anthrax
A laboratory in Japan may have inadvertently received a live shipment of anthrax back in 2005 from Dugway Proving Ground, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. In a release Monday, the DOD added...
View ArticleCitizens to PRC: keep the prison in Draper
The Prison Relocation Commission is not in charge of the decision whether or not the state prison should be moved, but its task is to determine how and where to move the prison. That’s what PRC...
View ArticleTooele man killed in automobile accident on South Tooele Boulevard
A Tooele man is dead after the Ford Mustang he was driving struck a parked car on South Tooele Boulevard on Monday afternoon. Brian Bell, 42, died of his injuries sustained in the crash, according to...
View ArticleTranscript earns awards at SPJ banquet
Reporters and photographers from the Tooele Transcript Bulletin won a number of awards across its spectrum of coverage at the Society of Professional Journalists’ Utah Headliner’s 2015 awards banquet....
View ArticleGroup of locals takes top honors at Salt Lake chalk art festival
While artists from across the country flocked to Tooele County for the arts festival, three local artists packed their bags to participate in a weekend chalk art festival in Salt Lake City — and...
View ArticleGrantsville home fire quickly doused
A converted garage was the scene of a fire that was quickly extinguished by fire personnel in Grantsville on Thursday afternoon. Crews from the Grantsville Fire Department and North Tooele Fire...
View ArticleVolunteer track coach charged with sexual abuse of a student
Terrence Boone Johnson A Tooele man charged with felony sexual abuse made his first appearance in Third District Court on Monday morning. Terrence Boone Johnson, 21, is charged with forcible sexual...
View ArticleBLM bans fireworks, exploding targets
A federal agency issued restrictions on the use of fireworks and firearms on all public land in Tooele County last Thursday in light of increased fire danger. A fire prevention order issued June 18 by...
View ArticleStaffing company sees jump in placed workers
A little over one year ago, the branch office of Intermountain Staffing in Tooele City had six workers placed in the community. Today the staffing company has a workforce of 50 to 70 people working on...
View ArticleTooele County prepares to update its general plan
Tooele County’s general plan is overdue for a makeover. Parts of the county’s general plan date back to the mid-90s while other parts of the plan were updated as late as 2008, according to Blaine...
View ArticleTooele City OKs $18.9M budget for 2016
The Tooele City Council voted unanimously last week to approve a proposed $18.9 million budget for the 2016 fiscal year. The unanimous vote came Wednesday evening after a brief public hearing failed to...
View ArticleHerbert’s stand on prison relocation changed?
Economic development concerns were at the forefront of Gov. Gary Herbert’s call to the Legislature in 2013 to move the Utah State Prison. But at his monthly news conference last week, Herbert instead...
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