(Rick Egan | Tribune file) Family physician Dr. Marc C. Babitz, center, says a few words as elected officials, from left, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams, Sen. Kirk Cullimore, Dr. Kurt Hegmann, director of Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Utah, Dan Richards, CEO, pharmacist of Meds In Motion Pharmacy, and Sen. Karen Mayne, keep their distance from each other as they talk about how they are teaming up to fight the coronavirus, in a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, Friday, March 20, 2020.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.