(Zak Podmore | The Salt Lake Tribune) Yaks Cafe in Blanding has a policy banning mask and glove use inside its dining room, which is at odds with a state mask mandate for "high transmission" counties, including San Juan County, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020.
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.