Saige Miller
Salt Lake Tribune Innovation Lab producer and engagement reporter
Saige is the producer and engagement reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune Innovation Lab, focusing on community narratives to pave the way toward solving Utah’s biggest issues. Prior to joining the Tribune, Saige produced digital and on-air content at KSL NewsRadio. She enjoys good news and is constantly jamming to sweet tunes.
Rosa Mandujano reattaches part of her son Ruben Mandujano’s nebulizer after he pulled it off prematurely hoping he was done, at their home near the Salton Sea and Mecca, California, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Ruben, 5, has asthma and is autistic. He doesn’t like the nebulizer, which administers albuterol, as it often makes him throw up. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.
Rosa Mandujano reattaches part of her son Ruben Mandujano’s nebulizer after he pulled it off prematurely hoping he was done, at their home near the Salton Sea and Mecca, California, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Ruben, 5, has asthma and is autistic. He doesn’t like the nebulizer, which administers albuterol, as it often makes him throw up. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.
Sitting on the couch next to his mom inside their mobile home in Mecca, California, 5-year-old Ruben Mandujano lets out a gurgled cough while playing on a tablet. The phlegm stuck in his throat is not...
Ryan G. Sinclair, Loma Linda University associate professor of public health and earth and biological sciences, and Quinn Montgomery, Alianza consultant biologist, go to various locations on the Salton Sea to collect water samples and check on a hydrogen sulfide sensor in Imperial County, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.
Ryan G. Sinclair, Loma Linda University associate professor of public health and earth and biological sciences, and Quinn Montgomery, Alianza consultant biologist, go to various locations on the Salton Sea to collect water samples and check on a hydrogen sulfide sensor in Imperial County, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News.
The eighth largest saline lake in the world is a Utah icon. More than 10 million birds take sanctuary there every year. And sometimes, Great Salt Lake smells like rotten eggs. That distinct tang is ca...
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Jordan River meets Utah Lake in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The Utah Lake Jordan River Water Rights General Adjudication is one of the oldest and biggest General Adjudications in the state.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Jordan River meets Utah Lake in Saratoga Springs on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. The Utah Lake Jordan River Water Rights General Adjudication is one of the oldest and biggest General Adjudications in the state.
For the last 25 years that Scott Martin has been practicing water law in Utah, the concept of appointing water judges or creating a water court has been a topic of conversation many times. “And it’s a...
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Persisting drought conditions continue to drop water levels at the Great Salt Lake exposing reeflike structures made up of calcium and magnesium carbonate deposits called bioherms that resemble coral as seen on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Persisting drought conditions continue to drop water levels at the Great Salt Lake exposing reeflike structures made up of calcium and magnesium carbonate deposits called bioherms that resemble coral as seen on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.
Under HB33, water right holders can finally lease their water to fill the shrinking lake and other natural lands. This story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions...