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.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Derek Kitchen, left, trailed challenger Jennifer Plumb by 51 votes Friday in their chase for the Democratic nomination for Utah's Senate District 9.

Drama grows as Jen Plumb’s edge over Sen. Derek Kitchen shrinks

By Blake Apgar | July 1, 2022, 11:06 p.m.

Salt Lake County Council member Steve DeBry, left, trails Riverton City Council member Sheldon Stewart in the Republican primary for District 5 on the Salt Lake County Council.

Election update: Two incumbents on the cusp of falling in Salt Lake and Utah counties

By Blake Apgar | July 1, 2022, 12:14 a.m.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Derek Kitchen, left, and Jennifer Plumb, candidates for the Democratic nomination for Senate District 9. Plumb holds a razor-thin lead in the latest ballot count.

Jen Plumb overtakes Derek Kitchen in nail-biter Utah Senate race

By Blake Apgar | July 1, 2022, 12:19 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Gene Davis at the Capitol, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.

Utah Legislature primary results: Longtime Sen. Gene Davis appears headed for defeat

By Jacob Scholl | Daedan Olander | Blake Apgar | June 29, 2022, 5:21 a.m.

Salt Lake County Council member Steve DeBry, left, and Riverton City Council member Sheldon Stewart, Republican primary candidates for District 5 on the Salt Lake County Council.

Steve DeBry trails in bid to retain his Salt Lake County Council seat

By Blake Apgar | June 29, 2022, 4:59 a.m.

Top row, from left: candidates for the Davis County Commission: Lorene Miner Kamalu; Mark Shepherd; Bob Stevenson and Luke Elijah Brooks. Top row, from left: candidates for the Utah County Commission: Bill Lee; Brandon Gordon; Amelia Powers Gardner and Renee Tribe.

Commissioner Bill Lee behind in Utah County race; both incumbents ahead in Davis

By Blake Apgar | June 29, 2022, 5:04 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Las copas de los árboles en Montgomery Street en Glendale cerca de 1500 West y 1000 South el miércoles 22 de junio de 2022.

SLC aumenta su impulso para obtener más árboles en el lado oeste, pero está resultando difícil

By Blake Apgar | Alixel Cabrera | June 27, 2022, 7:49 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Tree canopies on Montgomery Street in Glendale near 1500 West and 1000 South on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

SLC ramps up its push to get more trees on the west side, but it’s proving difficult

By Blake Apgar | Alixel Cabrera | June 27, 2022, 11:55 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints office building on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The Utah-based faith said its position is unchanged following Friday's decision from the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and its abortion protections for women.

LDS Church, Catholics, other Utah faith leaders react to Roe v. Wade being overturned

By Blake Apgar | Tamarra Kemsley | June 25, 2022, 10:44 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Maddison Hackford pulls her belongings along Redwood Road. Hackford has been living on the streets for the past six years, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Utahns experiencing homelessness for the first time ticked up for the first time in years. Here’s why.

By Blake Apgar | June 23, 2022, 10:27 a.m.