(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cars exit Big Cottonwood Canyon as a road sign flashes “no parking left at Brighton resort,” followed by a second notice that reads “seriously, not kidding,” on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. The Salt Lake County Council has increased fines for illegal parking in the Cottonwood canyons.
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.