2 days ago
Midvalley Highway opens before Halloween

The long awaited moment for some commuters is almost here. The Utah Department of Transportation announced yesterday that the Midvalley Highway will be open to traffic on Saturday, Oct. 30, by 5 a.m.  An opening event will be held on Friday, Oct. 29. The event will be open house style, between 4 and 5:30 p.m. […]

2 days ago
Erda City to elect their first council

Voters in the boundaries of Erda City will vote for their new City Council in the 2021 election. When Erda voters voted to incorporate, they also voted to adopt the five-member city council form of government and to elect Council members by district. According to state law, the petition sponsors drew City Council district boundaries […]

2 days ago
2022 tentative Tooele County municipal services budget

Tooele County’s tentative budget for 2022 shows a 6.7% net increase for expenses to provide municipal type services exclusively to unincorporated areas of the county. The tentative budget for the municipal services budget for 2022 shows $9.1 million in expenses compared to $8.6 million in 2021, a 6.7% increase. The budget shows a decline of […]

2 days ago
Church hosts candidates event

New Life Christian Fellowship, a church in Tooele City, hosted a meet the candidates night to allow for churchgoers and members of the community to find out more about those running for Tooele City mayor and council in the Nov. 2 election. Paul Smith, city planning commission member and a member of the church, addressed […]

2 days ago
Semitruck tips by Popeyes

While cow tipping may be an urban legend, a semi-truck tipped over in Tooele City on Tuesday morning. Brake problems were cited as the possible cause for the tip-over that occurred near the Tooele Popeyes. Tooele City Police Officers were dispatched to 2400 N. Main Street at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a […]

2 days ago
Pair becomes first female Eagle Scouts in Tooele County

Makaylee Carlisle and Miriam Cook became the first girls in the county to earn their Eagle Scout award last month.  After much push from many young women and parents of young women, the Boy Scouts of America finally allowed girls to join in 2019. This victory led the Boy Scouts to change the name of […]

Tooele County Emergency Management prepares for future crisis events by hosting point of distribution exercise. Tooele County Emergency Management’s annual point of distribution exercise will take place Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Tooele Stake Center located by the Tooele City Cemetery near 200 South and 200 East. During the exercise TCEM will […]

Please introduce yourself. Perhaps tell us about your education and work experience, volunteer community service or anything you want to say to help people to get to know you. My Name is David Judd. Along with my wife and children, I have called Erda home for 11 years. Our family history in this valley dates […]