(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Aden Batar of Catholic Community Services speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. The news conference addressed the Salt Lake County's Nourish to Flourish project that brings service providers and local restaurants together to provide warm meals for children in need and supports restaurants by paying them for hundreds of meals a day.
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.