Tooele High graduate helps avert HAFB mid-air collision
Staff Sgt. Steven Henwood said his job as an air traffic controller is intense every day with the 75th Operations Support Squadron at Hill Air Force Base. But at the beginning of the year, Henwood, a...
View ArticleOpen house set for local emergency ops
Residents curious about Tooele County’s central hub of information and decision-making in case of a widespread emergency will have the opportunity to tour the facility tonight and Wednesday. Tooele...
View ArticleGas line break on Main Street causes voluntary evacuation
Tooele City Hall and several businesses near the corner of Main and Vine streets were evacuated after a gas main break Wednesday morning. The break, which occurred on the northeast corner of the...
View ArticleMan injured after auto-pedestrian crash at Lake Point Exit 99
A man walking toward Salt Lake was struck by a van on SR-36 in Lake Point during the evening commute Wednesday. According to Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Bob Gutierrez, the man had walked onto the Exit 99...
View ArticleTime to remember ‘stop, drop and roll’
The Tooele City Fire Department will spread awareness and open its doors to the community next week as part of Fire Prevention Week. This year’s Fire Prevention Week slogan is “Hear the beep where you...
View ArticleClark Farm will be hive of activity with Honey Harvest Festival
The Clark Historic Farm will be abuzz with activity this weekend as it hosts the Third Annual Utah Honey Harvest Festival on Friday and Saturday. While the event will focus on honey tasting, beekeeping...
View ArticleShortage of new police officers felt at local agencies
For the first time since he took office in January, Tooele County Sheriff Paul Wimmer is fully staffed in his patrol and corrections divisions. Five new patrol deputies and four new corrections...
View ArticleWeber County woman charged with automobile homicide on I-80
A Hooper woman is facing automobile homicide charges after a fatal, single-vehicle accident on Interstate 80 in August. Ann Margaret Fearn, 48, was charged with second-degree felony automobile homicide...
View ArticleGrantsville council sees plans for new police station
The Grantsville City Council got a better look at what to expect for the city’s proposed $3.9 million police and court complex during its meeting Wednesday night. The proposed 13,751-square-foot...
View ArticleRush Valley citizens protest state’s filing for area water rights
Rush Valley residents and local governments have banded together to oppose water rights applications from the state School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration that they believe will threaten...
View ArticleDerailed propane tanker causes evacuations at Ninigret Depot
A propane tank car derailed on a rail spur in the Ninigret Depot last week and forced the evacuation of two businesses. According to Tooele City Police, three tank cars on a rail spur began to move due...
View ArticleStansbury man headed to prison for child sex abuse case
A Stansbury Park man will serve four to 60 years in the Utah State Prison as a result of child sex abuse charges filed against him. Brian Woodruff, 40, was sentenced to four consecutive sentences of...
View ArticleDugway’s remote trails will be featured in ultra running event
For runners looking for a unique challenge and the chance to peak behind the curtain at one of Tooele County’s military installations, the Dugway Trail and Ultra Run might just be the perfect fit. On...
View ArticleChildren’s justice center to hold Halloween fundraiser on Oct. 24
There might be nothing scarier than underfunded capital fund projects for vital children’s services. It should be a night of spookier scares at the Friends of the Tooele County Children’s Justice...
View ArticleSheriff’s office urges safety for deer hunt opening weekend
The Tooele County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents to be careful when going into the county’s mountains and canyons this weekend for the deer hunt opener. In the past week, the sheriff’s office...
View ArticleATV side wheelie champ keeps on setting new world records
Records are made to be broken, something that’s not lost on Grantsville’s Daniel Adams. Adams unofficially broke the Guinness World Record for the longest tandem ATV side wheelie on Monday, a record he...
View ArticleRV fire damages shed at Tooele home
A fire that started in the engine compartment of a recreational vehicle caused damage to a shed at a home in Tooele City on Wednesday afternoon. The exact cause of the fire is undetermined but...
View ArticleProtests pour in to stop state’s thirst for Rush Valley’s underground water
A state agency’s water rights application in Rush Valley has spurred more than 60 private citizens, businesses and local government entities to submit protests with the Utah Division of Water Rights....
View ArticleWendover, county struggle to provide law enforcement
Tooele County Sheriff Deputy Kevin Snider’s shift begins at 4 p.m. when he leaves his home in Grantsville and begins his 90-minute drive across the West Desert. Snider worked the graveyard shift in...
View ArticleTooele man charged after trying to meet minor at city park
A Tooele man made his first appearance in Third District Court on Monday after he allegedly tried to lure a minor into a meeting at Dow James Park in July. Timothy Barry Anderson, 33, is charged with...
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