A top SLC river watchdog was brewing coffee when he noticed the flooding — outside his front door
One of the city’s flood watchdogs knows firsthand about rising runoff.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jesse Stewart, deputy director of the Salt Lake City Public Utilities Department, overlooks efforts to get Emigration Creek under control on Friday, April 14, 2023. He lives nearby.
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.
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.