Tooele County, Utah

Tooele County /tuːˈɛlə/ is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2010 census, the population was 58,218. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele. The county was created in 1850 and organized the following year.

Tooele County is part of the Salt Lake City, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area. A 2008 CNNMoney.com article identified Tooele as the U.S. county experiencing the greatest job growth since 2000.

History

Evidence of several indigenous Native American groups has been found in Tooele County, but only the western Shoshone-speaking Goshute tribe claim the desolate lands as their ancestral home. The Goshute's traditional territory includes most of modern Tooele County.

The Great Salt Lake Desert, which comprises much of the northern portion of the county, provided a major stumbling block for the ill-fated Donner-Reed Party in 1846. Its crusty sand slowed the group's wagons to such an extent that the group spent six days crossing its 80-mile length, severely sapping the group's resources.

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George Pyle: Tribune Opinion section is still your soapbox

The Salt Lake Tribune 20 Dec 2020

It isn’t ... None of the eight newspapers I’ve worked for was the weekly kind ... Welcome to my future ... Two weeks from Sunday, the new weekly print edition of The Tribune will make its debut on porches and driveways in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Summit counties, and in Tooele, Grantsville, St. George, Ogden and Logan ... But we’ll be ready ... From more of you ... ....

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There’s a boutique winery in Utah, and you’ll never guess what’s growing nearby

The Salt Lake Tribune 20 Dec 2020

Erda, a tiny town in northern Utah, and La Rioja, a province in northern Spain, are 5,200 miles apart physically — and, some might say, culturally — but they share something in common. ... [Subscribe to our weekly Utah Eats newsletter.] ... The boutique winery opened in 2019 and is believed to be Tooele County’s first licensed winery ... ....

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Letter: The old Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune 18 Dec 2020

I was raised in a small ghost mining town called Ophir in the Oquirrh Mountains, about 20 miles from Tooele. The paper came by mail during the week, and on Sunday the local grocer drove to Tooele to pick up the papers ... Deseret was located about 10 miles below Ophir in Tooele County ... State St....

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Bulletin Board – December 17, 2020

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

To better serve veterans located in Tooele County, the Mobile Vet Center (MVC) will visit Tooele every Wednesday from 10 a.m ... Tooele County Historical Society’s books are available to purchase at meetings ... All artists from Tooele County age 13 and above are welcome to join the Tooele County Arts Guild for an evening, or for the year as a member....

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In 1945, Tooele Police uncover five-person theft ring

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

The Tooele Transcript Bulletin has published Tooele County news since 1894 ... A group of Grantsville residents called the Tooele County Clean Air Coalition had claimed for several years that cancer rates in their community had been on the rise ... of the Tooele County Health Department....

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Katherine (Kate) McPhie Gillespie

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

16, 2020, while residing at Our House Assisted Living in Tooele, Utah ... The following year she moved with her parents to Tooele and lived there most of her life ... Growing up she enjoyed camping and fishing with the McPhie clan in the canyons of Morgan County ... Katherine also served as the Tooele County Deputy Clerk for 15 years....

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Tooele man with history of violent domestic abuse charged yet again

Deseret News 17 Dec 2020

TOOELE — A man with a history of violence against women faces new charges in a disturbing case of domestic violence ... In August, he was charged in Tooele County with rape and forcible sodomy, both first-degree felonies; aggravated assault, a second-degree felony; and unlawful detention, a class B misdemeanor ... Tooele County Jail Darrell John Cabrera....

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Learn easier ways to talk about pain, health problems

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

Some things are hard to talk about. Some things are hard to think about ... So the first step is clarity ... Maren Wright Voss, ScD, is a professional practice extension assistant professor of health and wellness at the USU Extension – Tooele County Office, which is located inside the Tooele County Health Department Building, 151 N. Main, Tooele ... .......

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Commission approves pay increase for County Council

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

The Tooele County Commission approved a resolution setting salaries for the County’s elected officials for 2021, including the County Council, during their meeting on Tuesday night ... the Tooele County Council towards the top end of pay for the majority of council members statewide....

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Health official answers COVID-19 vaccine questions

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 17 Dec 2020

George have already received their vaccines. On Monday, Amy Bate, public information officer for the Tooele County Health Department, said that workers at Mountain West Medical Center in Tooele would receive their vaccines later in the week and workers at the Tooele County Health Department would receive theirs before the end of the year ... .......

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U.S. Rep. Bishop says his House tenure has been all about dialing back federal power

Ogden Standard-Examiner 17 Dec 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C ... Rep ... House ... House seat ... The Davis County facility is a key defense outpost and big economic driver in the region ... He also cited efforts to extend an emergency airstrip at Dugway Proving Ground at the Michael Army Airfield in Tooele County and to keep a fuel consortium from placing nuclear fuel rods above ground near a training range....

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Local musicians in Tooele County make CD

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 15 Dec 2020

Sixteen Tooele County artists have teamed up to produce a free CD for the public ... This year, local musicians struggled to be heard, because Fridays on Vine and the Tooele County Fair were cancelled ... Really, what we are just trying to do is get musicians heard in Tooele, so we thought it would be a lot easier if it was free....

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COVID-19 vaccine is on its way to Tooele County

Tooele Transcript Bulletin 15 Dec 2020

Tooele County’s hospitals should receive the vaccine later this week and the Tooele County Health Department expects to receive the vaccine before the end of the year, according to Amy Bate, Tooele County Health Department public information officer ... The number of Tooele County residents currently hospitalized is unknown....