(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sheriff Rosie Rivera, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson, from left, announce a settlement in its opioid lawsuit on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, against companies that will bring $57 million to the county to help battle the opioid epidemic.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.