Tooele tops Judge Memorial with strong rushing attack
The Tooele football team came into Friday’s regular-season finale against Judge Memorial with little to play for, with the Buffaloes having already clinched second place in Class 3AA North and a...
View ArticleTooele City employees face new insurance changes next year
Healthcare reform has come to Tooele City Hall, affecting three city employees who receive long-term disability benefits. Public Employees Health Plan, which provides health insurance to public...
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Clark Farm to host fundraising gala
Author Lee Nelson will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Project Barnraising fundraiser at Clark Historic Farm. A new event is on tap for the preservation of the Clark Historic Farm next week,...
View ArticleFun quirkiness of the Addams Family to hit Stansbury High School stage Friday
“The Addams Family,” a musical comedy, will open at Stansbury High School on Friday. Although the characters are based on Charles Addams’ cartoons, the story written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice...
View ArticleNew local Cub Scout pack opens door for all boys
The newest Cub Scouts in Tooele County thrust their shovels into the ground and got their hands dirty Wednesday afternoon while planting a new tree in front of Settlement Canyon Elementary. These Cub...
View ArticleOld Main Street asphalt gets second life
While contractors tore up Tooele City’s Main Street this summer, Tooele County relaid Main Street asphalt on roads in two local canyons. A total of 15,500 tons of Tooele City Main Street asphalt was...
View ArticleUTA looks to future in Tooele County, Prop 1 or not
Public transportation in Tooele County could see a significant boost in funding if Proposition 1 passes at the ballot box next Tuesday. Proposition 1 is a proposal on the general election ballot Nov. 3...
View ArticleGreater Sage-Grouse plan will be reviewed next week
Federal officials who helped write the changes to Utah’s Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Plan will present more details about their plan in Tooele next week. The Bureau of Land Management’s...
View ArticleElection day looms on the horizon
While polls for this fall’s general election don’t open until Tuesday morning, 5.5 percent of Tooele County voters have already voted. As of Wednesday afternoon, 302 voters had taken advantage of early...
View ArticleWest Elementary walkers win top prize
For the second year in a row, West Elementary is the home of the golden shoe. Utah Department of Transportation officials presented West Elementary in Tooele City with the Golden Shoe Award and a $500...
View ArticleTurnovers doom Stallions in season-ending loss to Snow Canyon
The Stansbury football team came into Friday night’s Class 3AA first-round state playoff game knowing it had to avoid the big mistake if it hoped to beat Snow Canyon. Unfortunately for the Stallions,...
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Dr. Woodrow Thomas Lash, Corporal
Dr. Woodrow Thomas Lash passed away on Oct. 26, 2015. He was born in Dover, New Jersey, to Woodrow Pershing Lash and Rose Marcella Goodenough. He was a civil servant for over 42 years with a final...
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Betty England Henwood Syddall
Betty England Henwood Syddall, age 88, passed away after a short illness on Oct. 27, 2015. She was born in Clifton, Arizona, on March 8, 1927, the fourth of five children and only daughter of Moray and...
View ArticleAnother tax hike?
The Tooele County Commission and local taxpayers may collide over another round of proposed tax hikes, which may reveal just how open citizens are to a philosophy shift in county budget priorities that...
View ArticleTooele woman sentenced to prison for assault, robbery
A Tooele woman was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison due to felony charges of assault and robbery. Andrea Magera, 18, was convicted of two second-degree felonies in Third District Court on Tuesday...
View ArticleTooele man charged with felony robbery, assault after beating
A Tooele man has been charged with two felonies after he allegedly beat and robbed another man last month. Scott Gowans, 39, faces one count of first-degree felony aggravated robbery and one count of...
View ArticleSenate confirms new waste and radiation board
A Tooele County commissioner and two representatives from disposal companies in the West Desert will sit on the new state board that oversees waste management and radiation control policy. On Oct. 21,...
View ArticleSchool district learns ways to prevent teen suicide and bullying
By 8:30 a.m. Friday, hundreds of school district employees filled the auditorium at Grantsville High School. They were school bus drivers, lunch room workers, secretaries, custodians, playground aides,...
View ArticleStansbury Park Service Agency hit by water rate hike
The Stansbury Park Service Agency will have to set aside extra funds for water in its 2016 budget due to an expected rate hike next year. During its Oct. 20 meeting, the Stansbury Park Improvement...
View ArticleWater year starts off warm and dry; drought prevails
The U.S. Drought Monitor continued to rate the majority of Tooele County as a D2 or “severe” drought after October precipitation fell short by nearly an inch. The U.S. Drought Monitor uses a scale of...
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