(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Navajo Mountain Health Clinic Manager Revina Talker tends to a 74-year-old Diné patient as medical assistant Toni Black gets an IV flowing, Aug., 25, 2020. “I think we’re going to have to get ready for the next round,” said Talker of her staff’s autumn response to the coronavirus and the impending flu season. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard by the pandemic.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.