The hazardous waste industry, and nuclear waste in particular, have never been simple issues within Tooele County. While some along the Wasatch Front would like to see this genie put back into the ...
Dunlavy and Anderson: A Tale of Two Mayors
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 attend...
Rydalch scandal is warning for leaders
Dan Rydalch probably didn’t see this coming. The Stockton mayor must have felt supremely confident in his authority and his prospects for re-election when he suspended Cpl. Josh Rowell on Oct. 20 ...
One week left for voters to do their homework
Quiet municipal elections often affect people’s lives far more than loud presidential ones do, and next week’s election is likely to be one of the most impactful locally in recent years. That’s be...
Big issues demand more info from school district
Early last week, stories began circulating about a large number of students coming down with the H1N1 flu at Tooele High School. Some people said most of the student body was ill. Others theorized...
It’s a textbook example of corporate obfuscation: First, tell people you’re going to build power lines through their valley in order to provide for their future electricity needs. Next, propose sev...
It would be nice to think we can mitigate mounting traffic congestion along SR-36 by building new cross-valley roads, increasing mass transit ridership or carpooling. The reality of growth trends i...
In times past, the label “environmentalist” was not a compliment in Tooele County. It conjured up images of someone out of touch with the real-world concerns of working people — a dangerous idealis...
It was reported in last Thursday’s edition of the Transcript-Bulletin that four schools in the Tooele County School District failed to meet standards for adequate yearly progress (AYP) this year se...