(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) Statue in Bluff Town Park outfitted with a mask after the town council voted to become the third Utah municipality to require masks in indoor public settings on Tuesday, Aug. 11, and the first to do so after a rule change by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Aug. 6.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.