Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Last week, my brother came up to me holding something behind his back. “How much do you love me?” he asked. “A regular amount?” I guessed. He gave me a look. “A lot?” I tried again. That...
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
For anyone who felt put off while calling Tooele County Dispatch last month, don’t worry: It’s not because of you. On July 16 an already short-handed dispatch center was overwhelmed by call demands when a wildfire in...
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
Tooele Army Depot’s wind turbine will be getting a twin. A $5.5 million contract was awarded last month to Icenogle Construction Management Inc., a company based in San Francisco, to install a new 2-megawatt wind turbine in...
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
A West Valley man and an Ogden man accused of robbing a Wendover, Utah, restaurant appeared in 3rd District Court Tuesday. Alfredo Morales-Moreno, 29, of West Valley City, and Manuel Sanchez, 19, of Ogden, made a court...
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
It’s been a dry couple of weeks for Stockton residents, but the town’s water situation may improve. Residents were ordered not to use culinary water for outdoor watering after a July 16 wildfire damaged one of the...
Thursday, July 31st, 2014
A guy, a girl, a raccoon and a talking tree walk into a bar, and… Oh, wait, that’s not a joke; it’s the plot of “The Guardians of the Galaxy.” And after they walk into the bar, they...
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
Firefighters have been winning the battle against wildfires in Tooele County, but recent and upcoming thunderstorms may spell out trouble. Of the seven fires burning across the county last week, only two — the Sheep Fire and...
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
The iconic trees of Stansbury Park are coming down. More than 220 trees in the original greenbelt area of the township have been or will be cut down through this fall, said Randall Jones, Stansbury Park Service...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Hundreds of firefighters from local and federal agencies are battling six different wildfires in Tooele County, including one near Pine Canyon that necessitated an evacuation and another near Dugway Proving Ground that closed Lookout Pass. According to...
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
For bringing in several thousand people to an event that sold $5,000 worth of beer a day, crime at Country Explosion was more of a fizzle than a bang. Lt. Ron Johnson of the Tooele County Sheriff’s...