(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left, Salt Lake City Public Utilities stormwater workers Scott Swanger, Brad Jeppson, Andy Gonzales and Kenny Rigby check in on Red Butte Creek near Sunnyside Park to remove debris on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. With this year’s record snowpack, resources are being devoted to around-the-clock monitoring of streams to prevent potentially damaging flooding.
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.