Which candidate is better for tech innovation? Venture capitalists divided on...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Being a venture capitalist carries a lot of prestige in Silicon Valley. Those who choose which startups to fund see themselves as fostering the next big waves of technology. So when...
View ArticleTech billionaire returns to Earth after first private spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers....
View ArticleThe Latest: Trump safe after gunshots reported, Biden and Harris have been...
Gunshots were reported in Donald Trump's vicinity Sunday afternoon. The former president is safe. U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a person with a firearm near Trump’s West Palm...
View ArticleFlorida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status. Texas will try it...
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman with abdominal pain who called the triage line to go to the hospital. She resisted, scared of a 2023...
View ArticleWill the Federal Reserve cut interest rates fast enough to deliver a 'soft...
WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers and home buyers, business people and political leaders have been waiting for months for what the Federal Reserve is poised to announce this week: That it's cutting...
View ArticlePalisade High School honors Kloey Lynn and Trent Umberger
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - As the Friday night lights shine down on the field, there is somebody else looking from above. On Friday night’s football game, Palisade High School honored two...
View ArticleHispanic Heritage Month celebration at CMU
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce will be holding a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the CMU Plaza on Friday. National Hispanic Heritage Month runs...
View ArticleAnnual Water Seminar to be held Friday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - The Colorado River District will host the 2024 Annual Water Seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, at Colorado Mesa University in the Meyer Ballroom. The event brings...
View ArticleTikTok and the U.S. face off in court over law that could lead to a ban on...
TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months is unconstitutional while the Justice Department said it is needed...
View ArticleGJ Lions Club to present 2 checks to community organizations
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - Earlier this year, the Grand Junction Lions Club pledged at its 95th Annual Raffle and Carnival that funds from the event would go toward community organizations. After...
View ArticleSoper criticizes CPW's wolf reintroduction, says rural voices aren't being heard
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – State Rep. Matt Soper of Delta and Assistant Minority Leader Ty Winter blasted Colorado Parks and Wildlife's announcement of securing up to 15 gray wolves from British...
View ArticleFruita county manager named sole finalist for same role in GJ
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - And then there was one. The Grand Junction City Council announced Monday that Mike Bennett is the finalist for the city manager position. There is now a 14-day period...
View ArticleVeterans Stand Down and Resource Fair to be held Thursday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — An upcoming event will have a plethora of resources available for veterans, according to one local organization. The Division of Veterans Affairs Western Region One...
View ArticleAuthor and CEO talks generational workplace differences
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On Tuesday, author and CEO Julie Cropp Gareleck joined WesternSlopeNow to discuss generational workplace differences. Currently, there are five generations in the...
View ArticleRoaring pipeline fire near Houston subsides but still burns
DEER PARK, Texas (AP) — A flame that towered over a southeast Houston suburb subsided Tuesday but was still burning following a pipeline explosion that happened when a vehicle drove through a fence...
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I-70 Mountain Corridor in Glenwood Springs partially closed
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - A semitruck that crashed around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, closed part of Interstate 70 outside of Glenwood Springs. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation,...
View ArticleWildfire grows to nearly 2K acres next to Utah-Colorado border
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Crews from Mesa County are currently working to contain a wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border. The fire initially started Monday after lightning caused the blaze just...
View ArticleOverseas threats hit the Ohio city where Trump and Vance lied about Haitians...
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former...
View Article'Firehose' storm hits part of North Carolina and scientists see climate change
The Carolinas braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain — as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots. But one narrow band got a “firehose” that dumped as much as 20 inches in a...
View Article'Threatening' package intercepted, addressed to Colorado Secretary of State's...
DENVER, Colo. (KREX) - Colorado Secretary of State's Office announced Tuesday evening that a suspicious package was intercepted which was addressed to Jena Griswold. In a press release, the secretary...
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