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Ski expert talks importance of properly fitted ski gear

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Former U.S. Ski Team member Jonah Drescher has 32 years of competing and coaching experience in downhill skiing. Plus, he's a manager at Christy's Sports. Today, he...

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Here's what to know about a US couple missing in the Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity more than a...

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Man arrested after downtown GJ shooting

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — A man is in custody after a shooting that happened in downtown Grand Junction. Grand Junction Police officers and Mesa County Sheriff's deputies responded to reports of...

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Thousands expected at memorial service for 3 slain Minnesota first responders

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thousands of law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics are expected to pack a Minnesota church on Wednesday for a memorial service for three first responders who...

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Zelenskyy co-hosts a summit in Albania seeking more war support from...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Ukraine's president co-hosted a summit with Albania's government on Wednesday that is meant to encourage further support for Kyiv by southeastern European countries, as signs of...

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Glenwood Springs protesting Limestone Mine set to expand

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (KREX) — The seventeen-acre Mid-Continent Mine in Glenwood Springs extracts limestone for construction, runways and concrete. Glenwood Springs mayor, Ingrid Wussow tells...

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The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be on Friday,...

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the...

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Ski expert Jonah Drescher talks fashion and tech on the slopes

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Former U.S. Ski Team member Jonah Drescher has 32 years of competing and coaching experience in downhill skiing. Plus, he's a manager at Christy's Sports. Today, he...

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McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step...

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'Uncommitted' wins 2 Democratic delegates in Michigan, a victory for Biden's...

LANSING, Michigan (AP) — The “uncommitted” campaign got enough votes to win two delegates in Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, as an effort organized to protest President Joe Biden's support...

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Remains found of missing Delta woman

DELTA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The Delta County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday that Coroner Dean Havlik positively identified human remains found near the Smith Mountain Trailhead on Feb. 18 as...

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Biden has his annual physical exam. The results will be closely watched amid...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden spent about 2 1/2 hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday for an annual physical that will be closely watched as the 81-year-old...

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Judge orders Trump off Illinois primary ballot but puts ruling on hold

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge ruled the Illinois State Board of Elections must take former President Donald Trump's name off the state's March 19 primary ballot Wednesday. But she placed her...

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BLM prescribed burns part of research project

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — BLM firefighters conducted prescribed burns near Dove Creek Thursday in part of a pinyon-juniper woodland research project. Firefighters burned around 60 piles...

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The Latest | Gaza death toll surges over 30,000 as a strike kills and wounds...

More than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israel-Hamas war nearly five months ago, health officials in the territory said as a strike on a crowd of people...

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Colorado's first crisis response police therapy dog is in Castle Rock

DENVER (KDVR) — The state's first crisis response police therapy dog is joining the Castle Rock Police Department. The new K-9 officer is an English Labrador named Buddy. He will be the first police...

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Charred homes, blackened earth after Texas town revisited by destructive...

FRITCH, Texas. (AP) — The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas wildfire, a decade after another destructive blaze burned hundreds of homes and left deep scars in the...

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Universal Preschool applications now open

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Registration for the 2024-25 Colorado Universal Preschool (UPK) Program is now open. All children in Colorado can register for up to 15 hours per week of funding for...

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Rep. Lauren Boebert releases statement after son is arrested in Rifle

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Representative Lauren Boebert released a statement Wednesday afternoon about the arrest of her son related to an alleged string of thefts and vehicle trespasses....

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Former US ambassador admits to working for decades as Cuban intelligence agent

MIAMI (AP) — A former career U.S. diplomat said in court Thursday that he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades, bringing a lightning fast...

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