Smoke, fire continues to grow near Nucla
MONTROSE COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The Bucktail Fire, 5 miles northeast of Nucla, continues to spread as it's at an estimated 2,046 acres as of Friday morning. The blaze, which began Thursday morning,...
View ArticleMasked assailants ransack Venezuela opposition's headquarters as...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Half a dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuela’s opposition Friday in an escalation of violence against President Nicolás Maduro’s opponents after...
View ArticleGerald Wood takes the stand as day 3 of Tina Peters trial
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Gerald Wood took the stand Friday as a prosecutorial witness in the election fraud trial of Tina Peters. He is listed as the man part of the trusted build in May 2021, but...
View ArticleRussell Stover building purchased
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — A buyer has been found for the former Russell Stover building in Montrose. Russell Stover gave the community notice in January 2020 that the building would close. When the...
View ArticleRotary Club donates $20,000 in school supplies to District 51
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - At 7 a.m. on Friday seems like a quiet time in the community, but there is a parking lot full of cars ready to go on a mission. The Rotary Club donated $20,000 in school...
View ArticleMesa County Public Health will be hosting Back-to-School Vaccine Clinic
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - Back to school is right around the corner. If your child is still in need of their back-to-school vaccines. The Mesa County Public Health has something for you and your...
View ArticleChina beats Puerto Rico in Olympic women's hoops, puts itself in contention...
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Li Meng scored 18 points and China topped Puerto Rico 80-58 on Saturday in the Olympic women’s basketball tournament to keep its chances alive of reaching the...
View ArticleIran says a short-range projectile killed Hamas' Haniyeh and reiterates vows...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which...
View ArticleHorror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders. But Mideast's...
FARDIS, Lebanon (AP) — Alma Ayman Fakhr al-Din, a lively 11-year-old who loved basketball and learning languages, was playing on a soccer field a week ago in Majdal Shams, a Druze town in the...
View ArticleUS rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as No. 1 seed, top Puerto Rico 104-83 in...
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26...
View ArticleFirefighters continue battling massive wildfire in California ahead of...
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made progress Saturday against California's largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds...
View ArticleSpanish journalist or Russian spy? The mystery around Pablo González's double...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, reporters from around the world rushed to the Polish-Ukrainian border to cover an exodus of refugees fleeing Russian bombs. Among...
View ArticleWorld Cup champion Germany unbeaten and rolling into basketball quarterfinals...
PARIS (AP) — Unbeaten at last year’s World Cup on the way to the gold medal. Unbeaten so far at the Paris Olympics. No team in this tournament has better defensive numbers, either. And Germany doesn’t...
View ArticleUK leader Starmer condemns attack on asylum-seeker hotel as far-right...
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers that saw at least 10 police officers injured, one seriously, describing it as...
View ArticleUS and allies prepare to defend Israel as Netanyahu says it's already in...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday, as the United States and allies...
View ArticleA complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners
PARIS (AP) — The 2024 Olympics are underway. The United States led the medal standings after the seventh day of competition with host France second and China third, but more winners will join the list...
View ArticleCity places sandbags in channel behind Las Colonias Park to help with water...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Despite minimal rainfall this summer, the Colorado River is maintaining average water pressure. Sandbags are being placed behind Las Colonias Park to dry up the river....
View ArticleOlympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror...
PARIS (AP) — They are Nabil, Amine, François and more. But they will not be seen around the Paris Olympics, because France's government barred them from getting anywhere close. French authorities are...
View ArticleIn Israel and Lebanon, life goes on even as the region teeters on the edge of...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In Beirut, shops are open and traffic is as snarled as ever. In Tel Aviv, cafes hum with patrons and umbrellas sprout across crowded beaches. Such scenes may seem surreal in a...
View ArticleRiversEdge West receives grant; Rafting trip to be held later this month
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — RiversEdge West officials believe a new grant will help improve their educational resources and much more. The nonprofit announced last week it received a $17,193 grant...
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