(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) Travis K. Langston and Lee Cherie Booth, nurses with Salt Lake County Health Department look on following a COVID-19 test outside of the Salt Lake City Public Health Center, April 23, 2020, in Salt Lake City. Local governments want to use federal CARES Act money to pay the salaries of front-line workers like public health professionals and law enforcement but have been getting mixed messages on the rules that apply.
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.