Emily Brainich used drugs and alcohol to ease the pain of PTSD after being a victim of sex trafficking. Finally, in 2015, running helped her find sobriety. Her next challenge is the Deseret News 5K on July 24.
Pioneer Day, July 24, celebrates the day Brigham Young and the first group of Latter-day Saint pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Utah's official holiday honors the industrious spirit of those early settlers with fireworks, parades and rodeos.
Organizers of a demonstration Tuesday evening demanded that charges be dropped against people arrested at an inland port protest earlier this month and that charges be filed against police who "brutally attacked" protesters.
The two senators, including Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who held up a bill last week to continue funding for 9/11 victims and first responders were the only members of the Senate to vote against it Tuesday.
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., senators and technology experts discussed how to protect children's innocence in a digital world.
