Prison plus education equals no more prison -- at least that's the formula Tooele County Detention Center officials are banking on as they continue to encourage inmates to get GEDs and high school diplomas while behind bars.

The Tooele City Council adopted a $44.7 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year Wednesday night that requires the city to dip into its reserves to make up the difference between stagnant revenues and increasing expenditures.

The Tooele County School Board approved a $177 million budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year but rejected a proposal by Tooele County School District administrators to reduce the property tax rate that funds schools.

An independent, fine-dining restaurant is scheduled to open in downtown Tooele this fall, adding another piece to the puzzle of revitalization efforts in the historic district.

A largely empty Grantsville subdivision that became emblematic of homebuilders' speculation run amuck may soon see families filling houses.

Scarves, swords, and finger cymbals are just a few of the props used in the ancient art form of belly dancing that seems to be sliding ever so softly into Tooele County.

Each June, for the past 28 years, hundreds of horsemen and women have galloped across the country re-enacting the historic rides taken by the couriers of the Pony Express.

Saturday night, the GHS auditorium will fill up again for the 58th annual Miss Grantsville Pageant. This year eight young women will compete for the coveted crown and scholarship.

A 21-year-old New York man was arrested on I-80 near the Burmester exit in Grantsville Tuesday night after a Utah Highway Patrol trooper discovered a large quantity of narcotics in his pickup.

The Grantsville Music Company will be the highlighted local entertainment at this week's "Fridays on Vine" event scheduled to take place June 20 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park Memorial Park in downtown Tooele.

Kathy Steinagel, a mother of four, has long been interested in charity work, doing various projects and fund raising in her youth. But never did she think that something as heart-breaking as a critical childhood illness would hit close to home -- or that she would make headway in trying to find a cure for it.

Tooele City, Grantsville, Stansbury Park and Lake Point all have signs that welcome people to their town and an Erda teenager is looking to do the same for Erda to obtain his Eagle Scout.

Workforce lifestyle and employment costs are continuing to make Tooele County attractive to relocating businesses, said Derek Miller, managing director of recruitment and incentives for the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development, during a short presentation at Tooele City Hall Tuesday morning.

The local love affair with SUVs and trucks may not be over just yet, but new car buyers are increasingly taking home smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles than in the past, according to Tooele Valley auto dealers.

Negligent homicide charges are still pending in a case involving the accidental shooting death of a 41-year-old Herriman man at a Rush Valley home on June 7. However, those charges are awaiting further action from the county attorney's office as to whether they will be filed or not.

Not everything that happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas.

Settlement Canyon Irrigation Company has lifted water restrictions put in place at the end of April after rainfall over the past few weeks has recharged Settlement Canyon Reservoir to near-average levels.

Grantsville City police are still looking for thieves involved in the overnight looting of a commercial and industrial supply warehouse on Old Lincoln Highway over the weekend.

An Erda teenager was airlifted to a Salt Lake hospital with a bullet wound to his abdomen Friday evening after accidentally shooting himself with a handgun.