Tooele County News

Mary Hansen pulls out books given to her about Alzheimer's disease and being a caregiver at her home in Grantsville Tuesday.

Carolyn Quist goes over flash cards with Chandler Garrard Tuesday morning in the West Elementary School autism class.

Robert Pacheco walks out of Main Street Coin Laundry next to two vacant storefronts next door Thursday morning.

While still higher than the state average, youth alcohol and cigarette use in Tooele County is on the decline, according to the 2009 Prevention Needs Assessment conducted by the state Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

The night is darkest before the dawn, the old saying goes, and that might be true of this recession as well.

Developer Joe White with Leucadia talks to the Tooele County Planning Commission last Wednesday about a rezone that would allow additional lots in exchange for a donation of land for a potential rec center.

Carved from salt flats and sagebrush at the intersection of Isolation and Bleak, Wendover Airfield circa 1945 was as key to America's war effort as it was removed from prying eyes.

Seth Jarvis, director of the Clark Planetarium, talks to Spanish Fork residents Phil Beach and Monica Rawlings at the planetarium about their meteor sighting Wednesday morning.

Scientists speculate rock could have impacted in Dugway Proving Ground A meteor made a surprise appearance over the dark skies of Tooele County just after midnight Wednesday, sending a bright light cascading into bedroom windows and awakening many - if they weren't awake already.

A probable meteor likely exploded over Utah's western desert region Wednesday night, producing a flash that briefly turned night into day over a vast portion of the West.

EnergySolutions won't be able to bring more depleted uranium to Utah until the company proves the waste can be safely disposed in Tooele County for the long run.

Gov. Gary Herbert has chosen a BYU science professor over Gov. Jon Huntsman's nominee, the former Tooele School District superintendent, to fill the empty seat on the State Board of Education.

A Massachusetts company will pay fines and underwrite environmental projects as a settlement for numerous violations at its Tooele County hazardous waste incinerator.

In hindsight, it was a symbolic moment: At a Tooele County Chamber of Commerce banquet last January, motivational speaker Chad Hymas challenged the mayors of Tooele and Grantsville, both in attendance, to open a bottle of water without using their hands.

Milo Berry talks in his office at Tooele City Hall Thursday afternoon. Berry is retiring from his position as the founder of the Communities that Care program.

As Stockton's next mayor, Mark Whitney has several concerns on his mind - the construction of a new sewer system and making sure taxpayers' money is being spent wisely, to name a few.

A big political storm blew through the small Tooele County town of Stockton and Mayor Dan Rydalch was voted out of office Tuesday by a 3-1 margin.

A small-town mayor in Tooele County has been ousted by voters about a week after a controversy surfaced surrounding the suspension of a Stockton police officer.

Recount tally changes Tooele mayor contenders As a result of Mondaya s recount in the Tooele mayoral race, the person who will face off against current Mayor Patrick Dunlavy in the general election has changed by a three-vote margin.

A City councilman said people who've already cast their ballots in the mayoral race in Stockton won't be able to recall those ballots and revote.