Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Although county budget woes have made the Tooele County Junior Livestock Show and Auction look a bit precarious, its participants have never wavered. “We always knew 4-H would take care of us. I never worried,” said Crystal...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
In 1854, LDS Church President Brigham Young dispatched LDS apostle Ezra Taft Benson to Tooele Valley with instructions to build a gristmill to serve the area’s settlers. Thanks to a group of local volunteers, Benson Gristmill still...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
A large-scale multi-family development will soon break ground in a Tooele City subdivision. The complex, developed by Salt Lake City-based Castlewood Development, boasts 132 units on just over 7.5 acres in central eastern Overlake. Comprised of class...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
A Utah woman who tried to steal a car with the owner inside it in West Wendover and then fled from police in a remote part of Elko County has pleaded guilty to the 2011 crime. Angela...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
When Tooele residents and friends Cathy Lokemba and Leslie Rogers heard about the 700-plus displaced children in Tooele County, they started discussing possible ways in which they could help. After deciding to target hunger and poor nutrition,...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
Organizers of the annual back-to-school closet that helps low-income families in Tooele County prepare for school are sending out an early cry for help. This is the fifth year that a back-to-school community closet will be held...
Tuesday, July 30th, 2013
A West Valley man was arrested last week for allegedly beating a woman after the two got into an argument and began hitting each other. According to a probable cause statement, Brandon Atene, 27, and a woman...
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
The Tooele County Commissioners pulled in the largest crowd yet Tuesday night in their series of town hall meetings for a proposed tax increase. A group of 45 citizens packed the banquet hall at Stockton Miners Cafe...
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Although Col. Roger McCreery didn’t know much about Tooele Army Depot when he went to a week of briefings for his new command of the base, he soon realized he was going into a well-oiled machine. He...
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Tooele County’s real estate market continued its recovery in the second quarter of 2013 with a 31.5 percent jump in homes sales over the second quarter of 2012. “Home sales and values have increased,” said Laney Riegel,...