(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Lights shines from within a home at the break of dawn on the Navajo Nation, June 23, 2020. Many students on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County lack home internet access, a problem which has presented learning challenges during the coronavirus pandemic.
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.