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Clarke N. Johnsen Junior High science teacher Camille Clegg-Patch shows her class an owl pellet during a class scavenger hunt Monday morning. Clegg-Patch was selected as the Teacher of the Year for the 2011-12 school year by the Tooele County School District. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Making Science Cool
by Tim Gillie
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Junior high instructor named district’s Teacher of the Year.
Hannah Webber and Payton Bowen chat at a picnic table Wednesday evening at a Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints ward joint young men and women’s activity at a church on Coleman Street in Tooele. According to the U.S. Religion Census, the LDS population in Tooele County grew 50.5 percent between 2000 and 2010. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Study: LDS church gains ground in Tooele County
by Rachel Madison
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University of Utah researcher says Mormons creating an ‘ethnic enclave’ just west of Salt Lake
SHS band petition short on signatures
by Tim Gillie
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A petition submitted to the Tooele County Clerk’s Office by a group of Stansbury High School band parents that would put a proposed noise ordinance change on the fall ballot to allow the SHS marchi...
Report sketches portrait of county’s overall health
by Rachel Madison
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Obesity, physical inactivity and a poor health environment remain top concerns
Tooele officer fires at man before suicide
by Lisa Christensen
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Sheriff’s Office will investigate events during standoff

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Trees blow in the breeze next to a dirt road near the Vernon Reservoir Thursday morning. Roads such as this one are the subject of a state lawsuit against the federal government. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Roads battle pits state versus feds
by Emma Penrod
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Lawsuit centers on questions of closure and access on almost 2,000 byways in Tooele County
Jill Thomas shows some of the original soda fountain pieces at the bar in the Deseret Mercantile and Johnson Hall building Tuesday afternoon. Thomas and her husband, Travis Warr, purchased the historical landmark and have begun work to restore it. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Historic Grantsville drug store finds saviors in local couple
by Lisa Christensen
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A Grantsville couple is working to breathe new life into a town historical landmark. The Deseret Mercantile and Johnson Hall joint building, on the corner of Main and Hale streets, is undergoing a...
Col. Mark Pomeroy (right) sits with his wife Laura Pomeroy and daughter Kay Pomeroy at the Deseret Chemical Depot End of Operations Ceremony Thursday. Pomeroy is the last commander of the Deseret Chemical Depot. The land will be turned over to Tooele Army Depot in July 2013. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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DCD celebrates ‘major statement of peace’
by Lisa Christensen
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Facility, five generations of workers praised for achieving demilitarization mission
Father gets six months in jail for seven years of incest
by Lisa Christensen
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LDS bishop was informed of abuse 18 years ago but failed to report crime
County Commissoner Colleen Johnson sits in the audience as delegates vote Tuesday night at the Tooele County Republican Convention at Deseret Peak Complex. Johnson lost the vote to Shawn Milne. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Republicans drop Johnson
by Tim Gillie
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Two-term commission chairwoman loses heavily to Milne at county convention; Sagers and McCoy head on to primary
Tooele County Sheriffs Department deputy Clint Fox talks with Tooele City police officer Ian Borders while watching over Rebecca Cordova and waiting for an ambulance to arrive. Fox used a Taser on Cordova for allegedly running from him during a traffic stop. <br>- photography / Maegan Burr
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Deputy uses Taser on woman during Broadway pursuit
by Lisa Christensen
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Tooele County Sheriff’s deputies used a Taser to subdue a woman who allegedly fled from them after a traffic stop Monday night. Rebecca Cordova, 19, was a passenger in her tan Hyundai, which was b...
Do ATVs have a place on streets?
by Rachel Madison
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Tooele City officials say no, but laws vary through state and county
Tax revenue rise might portend recovery
by Tim Gillie
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Sales tax revenue collected by governments across Tooele County rose during the first quarter of 2012 — a sign that a local economic recovery might be gaining steam. Tooele City recorded the larg...
City Creek owes big debt to local ties
by Rachel Madison
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Some county residents had premier roles in downtown Salt Lake mega project
Republicans pack caucus meetings
by Tim Gillie
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Tooele County Republicans crammed into classrooms throughout the county on Thursday night as they met in caucus meetings to elect delegates to their county and state conventions. Chris Sloan, Tooe...
Valley had cleanest air in years this winter
by Rachel Madison
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This winter, the Tooele Valley saw its cleanest wintertime air since the Utah Division of Air Quality started monitoring for PM 2.5 in the valley in 2006. PM 2.5 — small soot and dust particulate...
Tooele’s new impact fees would outpace comparable communities
by Rachel Madison
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But city officials warn that direct comparisons can prove problematic
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Former baseball star Roger Clemens leaves Federal District Court in Washington D.C.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former trainer to Roger Clemens will undergo more key cross-examination in the baseball star's perjury trial on Thursday, with the defense expected to attack inconsistencies in the trainer's story. Clemens' former trainer Brian McNamee underwent sharp questioning from the pitching great's defense lawyer on Wednesday as he probed for holes in McNamee's testimony about Clemens' alleged use of performance-enhancing drugs. McNamee's cross-examination is perhaps the core part of the trial in U.S. District Court. ...


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Former U.S. Senator John Edwards leaves the federal courthouse in GreensboroGREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Attorneys are scheduled to give their closing arguments on Thursday in former U.S. Senator John Edwards' federal campaign finance trial on charges he accepted excessive political funds to conceal his extramarital affair while he ran for president. The trial is winding down after 3 1/2 weeks of testimony in a case that legal experts have said could expand the scope of what qualifies as campaign contributions. Edwards' defense wrapped up its case in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Wednesday. ...


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Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield presents MIT President-elect L. Rafael Reif with an MIT jersey with the number 17 on it during an MIT Community Meeting after his election to the post of President was announced at MassachCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university's provost since 2005, as its 17th president. Reif, 61, replaces Susan Hockfield, the first female president of MIT, who announced in mid-February that she was stepping down after almost eight years leading one of the most prestigious universities in the United States. Reif will take up his post at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university on July 2, the first MIT president not to be a native English speaker. ...


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