Quantcast
Channel: News | WesternSlopeNow.com

Get your tickets for the 2025 Banff Mountain Film Festival

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On Wednesday, Annie Gingerich and Adam Kinsey joined WesternSlopeNow to preview this year's Banff Mountain Film Festival! Gingerich discussed the Banff Film Festival and...

View Article


Hamas will free 3 Israelis and 5 Thais in next hostage release Thursday

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas will release three Israelis, including two women and an 80-year-old man, as well as five Thai nationals during the next hostage release set for Thursday, Israel and Hamas said...

View Article


President Marshall speaks as keynote at MC Workforce Summit

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The second annual Mesa County Workforce Summit took place Wednesday morning at the Meyer Ballroom on the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus. The summit looks to...

View Article

Longtime AP international journalist Earleen Fisher, whose career spanned...

Earleen Fisher, an editor and writer whose career across five decades with The Associated Press gave her a front-row seat to some of the late 20th century's most chaotic and challenging news stories,...

View Article

Fed hold rates steady, sees inflation as 'elevated,' as Powell declines...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a sign of a more cautious approach as the Fed seeks to gauge...

View Article


Man apprehended in California after fleeing state

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - A man who fled the state after posting bond last year was recently apprehended in California, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office. Humberto Hernandez,...

View Article

D51: 1 of 7 schools to test statewide smartphone policies

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - School District 51 was one of seven schools awarded a grant to test and develop cell phone policies that limit learning distractions, according to Colorado Attorney General...

View Article

Big changes for Bustang and All Points Transit

GRAND JUNCTION, MONTROSE (KREX) — According to Forbes, almost 279 million vehicles are on the road in the US as of 2024. In a world dominated by cars, are buses, particularly on the Western Slope,...

View Article


Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday....

View Article


2 Colorado men sentenced for fentanyl-related death

DENVER, Colo. (KREX) - A Montrose and Telluride man were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing a controlled substance containing fentanyl that resulted in a death. Paul...

View Article