Blake Apgar

City and county reporter

Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered breaking news, local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, an apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, greets the Eurowings Discover flight crew after arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport, Monday, May 23, 2022, the first nonstop flight from Frankfurt, Germany.

SLC airport finds perfect pitchman for new nonstop flight to Germany: LDS apostle Dieter Uchtdorf

By Blake Apgar | May 24, 2022, 12:52 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Hall in 2021. Mayor Erin Mendenhall is pushing for a property tax increase to help expand the city's workforce.

Salt Lake City property taxes soon may go up. Here’s how much it would cost you.

By Blake Apgar | May 23, 2022, 11:14 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniela Alva swims laps at the Northwest Recreation Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, May 9, 2022. Salt Lake County is experiencing a shortage of lifeguards that will create operational challenges at swimming pools this summer.

Pool closed — Why Utahns will see those signs more often this summer

By Blake Apgar | May 20, 2022, 9:04 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tiffany and Edward Paulsen's home in Salt Lake City is a stop on Preservation Utah's 51st Annual Historic Homes Tour.

Get a closer look at this historic SLC neighborhood on this weekend’s home tour

By Blake Apgar | May 20, 2022, 12:33 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The large murals on the Fleet Block along 300 West and 800 South in Salt Lake City, are pictured on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The city doesn't think it will be able to preserve the murals that were painted during the protests of 2020 and became a healing space for families affected by police violence.

Here’s why the SLC murals of people killed by police likely will have to go

By Blake Apgar | May 18, 2022, 3:03 p.m.

(Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Protesters rally in 2017 outside the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salt Lake City. A proposed Salt Lake City ordinance would limit demonstrations near health care facilities.

Why Salt Lake City is poised to restrict protests near medical centers

By Blake Apgar | May 12, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cyclists start their ride at 9th and 9th to tour the streets of Salt Lake City during the weekly 999 social ride, Thursday, May 5, 2022.

Salt Lake City’s massive weekly 999 bike ride: public nuisance or kind of cool?

By Blake Apgar | May 10, 2022, 3:36 p.m.

(Business Wire) Breeze Airways is adding service from Provo to five cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Want to catch a $29 flight to Las Vegas? This Utah-based airline just announced new service.

By Blake Apgar | May 6, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Spinning sprinkler in Salt Lake City in June 2021. Salt Lake County plans to remove grass at park strips and parking lot islands to save water.

Here’s what Salt Lake County wants to do to save 5 million gallons of water every year

By Blake Apgar | May 4, 2022, 12:38 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Construction along the expanded concourse A at the Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Here’s where you’ll be able to grab a bite and a brew when Salt Lake City’s airport completes its next phase

By Blake Apgar | May 4, 2022, 12:38 p.m.