Commissioner Davis reacts to re-election win
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — After winning a second term, incumbent Mesa County Commissioner Cody Davis talked with WesternSlopeNow about his win and his plan to continue working for the people of...
View ArticleCuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid. The magnitude of the impact remained unclear through...
View ArticleTrump's second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values. In...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Large airstrikes hit Beirut suburbs as Israel expands...
Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. The Israeli military had issued an evacuation notice...
View ArticleEnstrom Candies celebrates anniversary
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — For more than 60 years, Enstrom Candies has been serving the Western Slope. On Thursday, staff celebrated 15 years at the Corner Square location. Vice President of...
View ArticleCSP Asleep at the Wheel campaign
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — With drivers hitting the road now more than ever for ski season, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) wants to remind drivers to not get behind the wheel while tired. CSP...
View ArticlePresident-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, first woman in the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the defacto manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to hold the influential role....
View ArticleA Texas border county backed Democrats for generations. Trump won it decisively
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — Jorge Bazán's family has lived on the U.S.-Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. He broke the family tradition this year and...
View ArticleGolden honors officer killed in suspected DUI crash Wednesday on Highway 58
DENVER (KDVR) — The city of Golden is honoring the life of the police officer who died in a suspected DUI crash on Wednesday night. Officer Evan Dunn, 33, formerly served as an Army Aviation Officer...
View ArticleTwo arrested for ballot fraud
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Two Western Slope residents were taken into custody Wednesday after it was found they committed crimes related to ballot fraud during this year's election. Vicki Lyn...
View Article1922 Time capsule opened in Montrose
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — More than 100 years ago, in 1922, a box was carefully placed inside of the cornerstone at the Old Montrose County Courthouse. Now, after a century, the whispers of the past...
View Article2-car collision results in vehicle hitting Fruita home
FRUITA, Colo. (KREX) - A crash involving two vehicles happened in Fruita intersection of East Aspen Avenue and Pine Street. But one of the cars crashed into a home. Daniel McCutchen, one of two...
View ArticleSouthern California wildfire destroys 132 structures as officials look for...
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California firefighters working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 132 structures in two days could be assisted by a forecast of fierce wind gusts easing early...
View ArticleColorado National Guard activated, disaster emergency declared for severe...
DENVER (KDVR) — On Thursday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis verbally declared a disaster emergency due to an incoming winter storm projected to drop feet of snow over the Eastern Plains and upward of a...
View ArticlePhoenix drug dealer sentenced 19.5 years in Mesa County jail inmate's death
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - The Phoenix drug dealer who sold fentanyl that resulted in the death of a Mesa County jail inmate was sentenced Thursday. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the...
View ArticleTrump's election may usher in leadership change at FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump lavished Christopher Wray with praise when he named him FBI director in 2017, introducing him as an “impeccably qualified individual” and a “model of integrity.” So much...
View ArticleRetired research chimps to be moved from New Mexico to a Louisiana sanctuary
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The National Institutes of Health decided to transfer nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees from a facility in New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana. NIH...
View Article2 men accused of plotting to shoot at immigrants are convicted of attempting...
Two men who co-founded a militia group have been convicted of attempting to murder federal agents ahead of a planned trip to the Texas-Mexico border to shoot at immigrants illegally crossing there and...
View ArticleGary Allan set to perform at Las Colonias
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - A multi-platinum country musician is set to perform in Grand Junction next spring. Gary Allan will play at the Amphitheater at Las Colonias Park on Saturday, May 17,...
View ArticleCSP gives update on 32 and D 1/2 roads crash
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - Colorado State Patrol provided an update on the head-on collision on 32 and D 1/2 roads Thursday afternoon. A Nissan Versa and Chrysler Town and Country crashed into each...
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