(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Efren Corado Garcia at the Eccles Theater in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 29, 2020. Salt Lake County is able to keep their employees working by using COVID funds and redeploying them into pandemic-related roles.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.