Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
In early June Tooele County Fire Warden Daniel Walton offered an ominous wildfire forecast for Summer 2019. After a winter of deep snow followed by a rain-soaked spring, Walton indicated the extra moisture had caused abundant plant...
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Tooele County’s fight to reduce opioid abuse and opioid-related deaths has made progress through public awareness initiatives, like the “Speak Out, Opt Out and Throw Out Opioids” campaign started a year ago by local government, law enforcement...
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Ask any citizen how Memorial Day began and most have the right answer: The federal holiday dates back to the end of the Civil War and is held today to remember all soldiers who have died while...
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Citizens who have struggled to find a good, affordable place to live in Tooele City may have just been given a helpful hand from City Hall. Such help may go a long way in strengthening family and...
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“Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” —Albert Einstein The Tooele County School District is an enormous institution. According to the Utah Department of Workforce Services, it’s the largest employer...
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After nine months of work by a consultant, along with several town hall meetings and hearings to gather input from citizens, Grantsville City Hall now has to choose whether or not to approve a new general plan...
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The two biggest annual events held at Deseret Peak Complex recently ended and showed Tooele County is attracting more visitors and doing a better job of making them feel welcome — and hopefully inclined to drop more...
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A dilapidated hotel in Tooele City may become the best local example yet of how a redevelopment agency can help stimulate renewal of a blighted urban area. Or it may become the worst local example yet of...
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It came as no surprise when the news broke last week that a vandal or vandals had cut down a new public access control gate on Middle Canyon Road near White Pine campground. Perhaps the only surprise...
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Tooele County citizens’ patriotism was on grand display over the long holiday weekend with Fourth of July festivities that celebrated our nation’s 243rd birthday. Both Tooele and Grantsville cities, and other communities across the county, hosted a...
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