(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen is interviewed by the news media as people show up to vote on the first day of the state’s in-person voting at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 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.