Subcommittee discusses building a new $18 million recycling facility
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Three city council members - Anna Stout, Scott Beilfuss and Dennis Simpson - have formed a subcommittee to look at investing into an MRF, or a materials recycling...
View ArticleMan found guilty of holding down teen while he was raped at a youth center in...
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire jury on Tuesday found a former leader at a youth detention center guilty of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found...
View ArticleBrazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, an unsealed...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to...
View ArticleMexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on...
View ArticlePolice say it's illegal to leave your car running unattended
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and the roads are bustling no matter the conditions as the holiday season begins. GJPD Police Motor Technician Kevin Bavor...
View ArticleRats feast on New York’s City's bagged garbage. Can putting it in bins end...
NEW YORK (AP) — For half a century, New York City residents have taken out their trash by flinging plastic bags stuffed with stinking garbage straight onto the sidewalk. When the bags inevitably leak...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Displaced people return to south Lebanon as ceasefire...
Long-displaced residents of south Lebanon started returning to their homes hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group took effect early Wednesday morning. The ceasefire...
View ArticleGJFD, Lower Valley Fire rescue horse from ditch
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Early Wednesday morning, the Grand Junction Fire Department and Lower Valley Fire District were dispatched to the area of 2252 I 1/4 Road to help a horse trapped in a...
View ArticleMassive balloons take shape ahead of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — They're up, up and — almost — away. The massive helium balloons that will float through New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took shape on Wednesday, when they were...
View ArticleWhite House pressing Ukraine to draft 18-year-olds so it has enough troops to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration is urging Ukraine to quickly increase the size of its military by drafting more troops and revamping its mobilization laws to allow for the...
View Article$111 Million Montrose city budget for 2025 finalized
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — The City of Montrose just finalized a budget of $111 million to use throughout 2025. City of Montrose PIO William Woody tells WesternSlopeNow the budgeting process takes...
View ArticleThe Australian Senate debates the world's first social media ban for children...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Senate was debating a ban on children younger than 16 years old from social media Thursday after the House of Representatives overwhelmingly supported the...
View ArticleBlack Friday: What time do stores open?
Black Friday has become something of an anachronism in the e-commerce era. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, but retailers already have spent weeks...
View ArticleAt least 13 dead after landslides bury 40 homes in villages in eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have...
View ArticlePakistani police issues charges against Imran Khan and his wife for inciting...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have levelled multiple charges against imprisoned former premier Imran Khan, his wife and others for inciting people to violence, officials said Thursday, following...
View ArticleLatest 'massive' Russian aerial attack cuts power to 1 million homes in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without...
View ArticleThousands of displaced Lebanese return from Syria as ceasefire with Israel holds
QUSAIR, Syria (AP) — Thousands of people made the crossing back into Lebanon from Syria on the second day of a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, after nearly 14 months of fighting. At the...
View ArticleWhat a great turnout to the 2024 Turkey Trot!
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On a blue but icy Thursday morning, thousands of people gather at Stoker Stadium to run the annual Turkey Trot 5K! A sea of people of all ages flooded 12th Street and...
View ArticleDemocratic lawmakers from Connecticut report Thanksgiving bomb threats...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — At least five Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or their offices said. Sen. Chris Murphy...
View ArticleUK transport secretary quits over decade-old cellphone fraud case
LONDON (AP) — British Transport Minister Louise Haigh resigned on Friday over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone had been stolen. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer,...
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