(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and medical caregivers from the University of Utah Hospital, talk about the intensity of care given to hospitalized COVID-19 patients, and the severity of Utah’s ICU bed capacity, on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.
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.
Sean P. Means has been reporting and editing for The Salt Lake Tribune since 1991 — including 25 years as movie critic. Since 2018, he has reported on arts and culture reporter, and breaking news — and was part of The Tribune’s COVID-19 reporting team. He reviews movies for MovieCricket.net and X96’s “Radio From Hell” program.