Language, lack of money and fear are matters of life and death with Milton...
MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes...
View ArticleMesa County announces new rules for birth, death certificates
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - A change is coming later this month that will affect who can request copies of birth and death certificates. Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Mesa County - along with other...
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Fire occurs at Fruita business
FRUITA, Colo. (KREX) - The Lower Valley Fire District quickly extinguished a fire emanating from a Fruita business early Wednesday morning. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. when LVFD discovered...
View ArticleOne in custody and one wounded after shooting
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) — On Tuesday night, Palisade police got a call of shots fired in the 200 block of West Third Street. As police responded, a crash was reported near the Golden Gate gas station....
View ArticleThe death toll in a gang attack on a Haitian town rises to at least 115
PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on...
View ArticleTyler Boebert receives deferred sentence
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Tyler Boebert - the oldest son of Rep. Lauren Boebert - received a two-year deferred sentence Thursday after entering a guilty plea stemming from an incident earlier...
View ArticleProp 131 - the full story
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Colorado is home to roughly 4.5 million registered voters who come together to pick positions like governor, congress, attorney general, secretary of state and more. But...
View ArticleAt least 22 killed in airstrikes in central Beirut, with Israel also firing...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killing 22 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as well as further escalating...
View ArticleCSP looks to lower DUI numbers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - Colorado State Trooper Sam Goure said, “I will tell you that as 11 years as a trooper and working in four different counties. I've never seen anything on this level...
View ArticleGrand Junction man gets 30 years for double homicide
GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - The Grand Junction man, who killed two men on U.S. Highway 50 near Blue Mesa Reservoir in 2023, entered a guilty plea Thursday at the Gunnison County Combined Court....
View ArticleA hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into...
As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make...
View ArticleGrand Junction Fire Department holds open house
ORCHARD MESA, Colo. (KREX) - It's time to gear up. Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary students got a behind-the-scenes tour of their neighbor's house, Fire House 4 of the Grand Junction Fire Department....
View ArticleAlthough Milton has moved on, at least 8 are dead and millions remain in the...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rescue teams plucked Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton on Thursday after the storm smashed through coastal communities where it tore homes into pieces,...
View Article12 rescued from Colorado gold mine tourist site where elevator mishap killed...
DENVER (AP) — Twelve people were rescued Thursday night after being trapped for about six hours at the bottom of a former Colorado gold mine when an elevator malfunctioned at the tourist site,...
View ArticleGunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days...
View ArticleCelebrating National Pulled Pork Day with Snooks Bottom Barbecue
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On Friday, Scott Krug from Snooks Bottom Barbecue joined WesternSlopeNow to discuss how he makes pulled pork. National Pulled Pork Day is celebrated on Oct. 12, so this...
View ArticleMCPH: Meat and poultry products being recalled
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Mesa County Public Health announced Friday a recall of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products from BrucePac. The recall - which involves around 10 million pounds of the...
View ArticleThursday night crash results in 'serious bodily injuries'
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - A crash Thursday night resulted in one driver receiving "serious bodily injuries," according to the Grand Junction Police Department. The incident occurred around 9:10...
View ArticleBrazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to regulate the sector. The move comes as concerns grow about...
View ArticleIsraeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in...
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday, Lebanon's military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N....
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