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Tooele resident Ken Brodston talks about wind conditions on the benches of the Oquirrh Mountains Wednesday night at the Tooele County Planning Commission public hearing for Rocky Mountain Power’s conditional use permit on the company’s Mona-to-Oquirrh project.   <br>- photography / Maegan Burr RMP gets (and gives) an earful
After four-hour public meeting, county planning commission tables conditional use permit issue until next month The Tooele County Planning Commission tabled a decision last night on Rocky Mount...
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Excelsior Academy director Ernie Nix talks about the progress of the school’s building in this August 2009 file photo. Nix is retiring from the school after six months on Feb. 12.<br>- file / Maegan Burr Nix leaving Excelsior
Charter school director will retire before finishing first year Excelsior Academy director Ernie Nix is leaving the charter school he helped establish midway through its first school year. In a ...
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Lake Point homeowner Nita Moore (right) shakes hands with North Tooele County Fire District battalion chief Kirk Arnold Tuesday morning. Arnold helped extinguish a fire that ruined Moore’s home Monday night.<br>- photography / Maegan Burr Lake Point home gutted by fire
A fire Monday night in Lake Point left a home in ruins and its three residents displaced. Firefighters responded to the call at 8200 North Mountain View Lane at around 9 p.m. Monday and saw smoke ...
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Commissioners mum on State of County address
President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union address Wednesday night, Gov. Gary Herbert delivered his State of the State address Tuesday, and Tooele City Mayor Patrick Dunlavy will give...
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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (far right) gives the State of the State address Tuesday at the Utah State Capitol. Herbert stated his opposition to the importation of foreign low-level radioactive waste to Tooele County’s west desert.<br>- photography / Maegan Burr Herbert: Keep foreign nuclear waste out
Governor makes opposition clear during multifaceted State of the State address Governor Gary Herbert used his first State of the State address to make sure nobody misunderstands his position on ...
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Mitigation fees reverse decline
Increase mainly due to larger containers being destroyed at Deseret Chemical Depot
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Home sales down again in 2009
by Tim Gillie
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But fourth quarter data shows market could be regaining steam
Unemployment hits 18-year high across Tooele County
by Tim Gillie
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The Utah Department of Workforce Services released data last week that shows the unemployment rate in Tooele County for December 2009 was 7.8 percent, the highest unemployment rate in the county si...
Local reps looking at mixed plate as Legislature opens
by Tim Gillie
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Session dominated by budgetary concerns may include Stockton Bar, air quality
RMP surges ahead with power route despite strong opposition
by Sarah Miley
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Rocky Mountain Power is moving ahead with plans to construct a high-voltage transmission line through Tooele County, despite continued opposition to the proposed route. The company has submitted a...
Restaurant biz expanding as tastes change
by Tim Gillie
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As Tooele County has grown, the face of local restaurants has changed. Old places have disappeared, some new places have already come and gone, and some places have withstood the test of time. In ...
Snowpack running half of average
by Sarah Miley
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Water watchers hoping week of storms can help fill up county’s basins
Leaders taking fight to EPA over air quality designation
by Sarah Miley
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Local officials are escalating a battle against the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to include part of Tooele County as a nonattainment area for fine-particle matter. In October, the EP...
Credit union says business strong in wake of takeover
by Tim Gillie
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The fire sale of Tooele County’s largest credit union appears to be helping, rather than hurting, the company’s business initially. In the three weeks since HeritageWest Credit Union was bought by...
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Kevin McMahon of Washington, uses an oven pan as he slides on the slope of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A second major storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply.


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Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's doctor, looks on during his arraignment at the Airport Courthouse on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Boster, Pool)AP - Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.


Tue Feb 09 05:28:05 -0600 2010

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2006, file photo,  Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Rep. John Murtha, who said the Bush administration's handling of the war in Iraq was based on "flawed policy wrapped in illusion" and called for a withdrawal of U.S. troops there, is being remembered as an advocate on Capitol Hill for those serving in military uniform.


Tue Feb 09 05:22:45 -0600 2010