GJEP 2024 Economic Impact Report
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Inside the Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) annual report for 2024, it was announced that the economic impact reached a record of $91 million. GJEP officials...
View ArticleRoundabout construction to begin next week
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - An intersection on Horizon Drive will see the start of construction of a new roundabout starting April 7. As part of the City of Grand Junction's transportation...
View ArticleHungary plans to withdraw from International Criminal Court as Netanyahu...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary said Thursday it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide. “Hungary will withdraw from the...
View ArticleMyanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,085 as more bodies found
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,085 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and...
View ArticleSweeping Trump tariffs draw dismay, calls for talks from countries around the...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Sweeping new tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump provoked dismay, threats of countermeasures and urgent calls for talks to find ways to rescind the stiff new...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes on Gaza overnight leaves more than 50 Palestinians dead
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Thursday, a day after senior government officials said Israel...
View ArticleOnce called the world's most popular politician, Brazil’s Lula faces...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President Barack Obama. Those times are long gone. Halfway through...
View ArticleHungary announces plan to quit International Criminal Court as Netanyahu...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, an official said Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived to...
View ArticleThe Latest: Markets plunge as Trump tariffs deliver shock waves to world economy
World leaders are reacting with dismay, threats of countermeasures and calls for swift negotiations to make trade rules fairer in response to the sweeping new tariffs announced by U.S. President...
View ArticleAn explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at...
SORATA, Bolivia (AP) — A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in...
View ArticleSouth and Midwest face potentially catastrophic rains and floods while...
LAKE CITY, Ark. (AP) — Parts of the Midwest and South faced the possibility of torrential rains and life-threatening flash floods Friday, while many communities were still reeling from tornadoes that...
View ArticleA week after catastrophic earthquake, focus turns to a growing humanitarian...
BANGKOK (AP) — Search teams in Myanmar recovered more bodies from the ruins of buildings on Friday, a week after a massive earthquake killed more than 3,300 people, as the focus turns toward the...
View ArticleChina punches back as world weighs how to deal with higher US tariffs
BANGKOK (AP) — Countries and industries were scrambling Friday to respond as President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs hikes upend global trade and world markets. China took the toughest approach so...
View ArticleUS added 228,000 jobs in March as economy showed strength in buildup to Trump...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprising 228,000 jobs last month, showing that the American labor market was in solid shape as President Donald Trump embarked on a risky trade war with the...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza as ground troops enter Palestinian...
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes killed more than a dozen people in the Gaza Strip early Friday, as Israel sent more ground troops into the Palestinian territory to ramp up its offensive...
View ArticleMarkets tumble with S&P 500 down 5% and Dow down 1,600 after China retaliates...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets worldwide are careening even lower Friday after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs in an escalating trade war. Not even a better-than-expected...
View ArticleUK and France accuse Russian leader Vladimir Putin of delaying Ukraine...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.K. and French foreign ministers on Friday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in ceasefire talks aimed at halting Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine...
View ArticleApril 4, 2025 Week in Review
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Chad Roderick provides a review of the highlights in local news this past week.
View ArticleWeed fire spreads to nearby camp trailers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - A weed fire was responsible for burning three camp trailers on Friday, according to the Grand Junction Fire Department. The fire department responded to the blaze on the...
View ArticleCosta Rica looks to El Salvador's gang crackdown for path to stopping violence
TECOLUCA, El Salvador (AP) — Costa Rica's security minister toured El Salvador's maximum-security gang prison on Friday as part of his review of the measures that El Salvador has taken to reduce...
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