Driver rams New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 10; FBI doesn't...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by...
View ArticleSkate park-goers comment on NYE
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — 2024 was a year to remember, and now it has officially come to a close, that means a fresh start. WesternSlopeNow went to Emerson Park to catch up with residents and...
View ArticleTexas avoids huge upset, beats Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime at...
ATLANTA (AP) — With Arizona State one play away from pulling off a comeback for the ages in the College Football Playoff, Quinn Ewers delivered a throw to Matthew Golden that saved the season for...
View ArticleRudy at the Bat: Giuliani fights to save his Yankees World Series rings from...
NEW YORK (AP) — Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Giuliani? As Rudy Giuliani’s life gets stripped for parts to satisfy a $148 million defamation verdict, the former New York City mayor is fighting to...
View ArticleHow are Montrose residents celebrating the New Year?
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Roughly 21,000 people live in Montrose, though the streets on Jan. 1 were quite quiet. Let's find out what the people out and about were up to for the start of 2025. I found...
View ArticleTesla sales dropped 1.1% in 2024, its first annual decline in a dozen years
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla posted its first annual sales drop in more than a dozen years Thursday, sinking a stock that has soared since Donald Trump’s victory on optimism Elon Musk’s close relationship to...
View ArticleMontenegro mourns after gunman kills at least 12 people before shooting himself
CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — Shock and dismay prevailed in Montenegro on Thursday after a gunman fatally shot 12 people, including two children, in a western town before killing himself. At least four...
View ArticleMan shot himself in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the...
View ArticleIsraeli airstrike hits a Gaza humanitarian zone as Netanyahu OKs a delegation...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 26 people across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. As the daily...
View Article456 Avalanches tumble through Colorado last week
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Colorado is known for its abundance of mountains, like the Grand Mesa in our backyard. However, with towering views and thick forests comes a more sinister possibility....
View ArticleA horrifying accident has Hawaii officials pleading for an end to amateur...
HONOLULU (AP) — In recent years, occasions large and small — parties, Super Bowls, mixed martial arts fights, even Thanksgiving — have provided a reason for residents across Hawaii to set off illegal...
View ArticleRep. Soper apologizes for now-deleted post celebrating Jimmy Carter's death
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - State Rep. Matt Soper is apologizing for a social message in which he celebrated the recent death of former President Jimmy Carter. Soper said in the now-deleted post,...
View ArticleDriver cited for careless driving in Thursday's rollover crash
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) - The driver who reportedly caused a rollover crash at U.S. 50 and 29 Road on Thursday received several citations. Around 3:07 p.m., a Volkswagen Jetta traveling westbound on...
View ArticleFirst New Year's baby at Community Hospital announced
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - The first New Year's baby at Community Hospital made her debut just before the day was up. Baby Anaise, who weighs 6 pounds, 12 ounces, came into this world at 10:45...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people in Gaza, including children, overnight and into Friday, hospital and emergency response workers said, as health workers and...
View ArticleNew Orleans inches toward normalcy while mourning victims of deadly New...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Street performers and football fans returned to New Orleans streets as the city inched back toward normalcy while mourning victims of the deadly New Year's rampage in which an Army...
View ArticleAn Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for, pushing as he had in the...
View ArticleThe French Quarter's metal barriers were gone on New Year's, leaving a...
After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were anxious to protect their city's famed French Quarter, where crowds of...
View ArticleAccident on Hwy 50 and 29 Road sends several to the hospital
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Two vehicles collided Thursday just after 3 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 50 and 29 Road. A Volkswagen Jetta was traveling westbound on Highway 50 and entered the...
View ArticleExpress Employment announces new GM
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Express Employment Professionals of Grand Junction and Montrose is announcing a change in leadership after nearly 18 years. Nina Anderson is stepping down as general...
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