(Courtesy of the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President) Navajo Tribal Utility Authority officials and Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish look on as Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez signs the lease agreement for the Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Generation Plant in Red Mesa, Ariz., on April 7, 2020. He was joined by Council Delegate Charlaine Tso (bottom, right) and Red Mesa Chapter officials, including Red Mesa Chapter Vice President Marilyn Holly (bottom, left) and President Herman Farley (bottom, second from left).
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.