Amazon Prime ads on movies and TV shows will begin in late January
If you are an Amazon Prime Video user, get ready to see ads on movies and TV shows starting next month. Prime will include ads beginning on Jan. 29, the company said in an email to U.S. members this...
View ArticleOn foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military...
View ArticleComedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86
Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86. The National Comedy...
View ArticleVeteran's Art Center accepting donations
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Veteran's Art Center (a stand-alone non-profit and not associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs), is fundraising for the new year with a goal of more than...
View ArticleThompson Divide withdrawal - what you need to know
PAONIA, Colo. (KREX) — The proposed protection area spans more than 220,000 federal acres across Gunnison, Garfield, Mesa, and Pitkin County. Michael Gorman, the campaign manager for Wilderness...
View ArticleVolunteers needed at local non-profits
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Are you still looking for a New Year's Resolution? Consider giving back to your community by donating time to a local non-profit. Many local organizations are looking...
View ArticleMexican officials clear border tent camp as US pressure mounts to stem...
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — A ragged migrant tent camp next to the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, is a long way from the country's National Palace, where a top level U.S. delegation met with Mexico's...
View ArticleGypsy Rose Blanchard set to be paroled years after persuading boyfriend to...
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her to pretend for years that she was suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and...
View ArticleTexas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal...
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Before settling in New York City like thousands of other migrants this year, Abdoul, a 32-year-old from West Africa, took an unexpected detour: Weeks in a remote Texas jail on...
View ArticleMore than 500 pounds of ground beef recalled
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Scanga Meat Company, based in Salida, Colorado, announced a recall of approximately 563 pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination of E. coli O103. E....
View ArticleNew program introduced at CMU
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Doctor Bechtel was one of the key people who played a role in the establishment of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program at CMU. He was honored following his...
View ArticleMesa County Animal Services needs old newspapers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Mesa County Animal Services is asking county residents to donate their old newspapers. "We constantly need newspapers," said Animal Services Manager Doug Frye. The...
View ArticleWreaths Across America
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Wreaths were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company and then sponsored by local businesses and individuals for $17 a wreath. Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Art...
View ArticleMesa County Crime Stoppers crime of the week
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Mesa County Sheriff's Office needs your help to identify the suspect in a November assault. The assault took place on the 29 Road bridge November 18 on the west side...
View ArticleFederal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts...
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday accepted new Georgia congressional and legislative voting districts that protect Republican partisan advantages, saying the creation of new majority-Black...
View ArticleAmerican-Canadian-Israeli woman believed to be held hostage in Gaza...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A hard-hit Israeli kibbutz on Thursday announced the death of Judih Weinstein — an American-Canadian-Israeli woman who had been thought to be held hostage in Gaza. The news...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that...
View ArticleMaine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states' authority to...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection...
View ArticleNew traffic pattern on Main and 13th
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Roundabouts have been a common traffic feature since the city first started building them back in 1996. Main street was originally platted back in the early 1880s as a...
View ArticleThe Daily Sentinel celebrates 130 years of operation
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Daily Sentinel, the oldest operating newspaper in Mesa County is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year. To mark its 130th year, the paper worked alongside...
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