(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Lights shines from within a home at the break of dawn on the Navajo Nation in San Juan County. Parents and students expressed dismay this week after the San Juan School District decided to abruptly end a virtual learning option for students attending school in Blanding and Monticello.
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.