( Tribune file photo by Kim Raff) Oil tankers travel US-40 over Utah's Daniels Summit from the oil fields in the Uinta Basin to the refineries in North Salt Lake on May 18, 2012. The proposed Uinta Basin Railway would get some of this truck traffic off the road, by tying the basin with the national rail network.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.
Bethany began covering state government at The Tribune right in time for the 2018 election. She's a proud Maryland Terrapin and worked at newspapers in the D.C. area and in Orlando, Florida, before coming to Utah. Her aspiration is to one day keep an orchid alive for more than a month.