The Recovery Cards Project spreads kindness and support through art
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On Thursday, Victoria Maldonado joined WesternSlopeNow to talk about what the Recovery Cards Project does, how she got involved in designing recovery cards and how...
View ArticleA wildfire scorching the Texas Panhandle has grown to the largest in state...
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — A dusting of snow covered a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned out homes in the Texas Panhandle on Thursday, giving firefighters brief relief in...
View ArticleCMU Kiwanis Club hosts Project Linus
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Circle K Club at CMU will host Project Linus Wednesday night. Project Linus is a program where volunteers make blankets for critically ill and traumatized children....
View ArticleRise in mail theft has residents concerned
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Montrose County Sheriff's Office has been inundated with calls lately from locals reporting a disturbing rise in mail thefts across the county. "Something very odd is...
View ArticleGirl Scout cookie fundraiser
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Girl Scouts started making their own shortbread cookies in the 1920s and using the funds made from sales to finance camps, outdoor adventures, lessons and other...
View ArticleAppeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter's sentence could impact...
A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear, in a ruling issued Friday that could impact dozens...
View ArticlePalisade and Fruita hold candidate forums
GRAND VALLEY, Colo. (KREX) — The towns of Palisade and Fruita held public forums on Feb. 28 for community members to meet and greet their potential new council members. Palisade's forum consisted of...
View ArticleCLAWS finds treatment for FIP
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Cats League & Assistance of the Western Slope (CLAWS) has gone above and beyond to find treatment for cats with feline infectious peritonitis, otherwise known as...
View ArticlePutin foe Alexei Navalny is buried in Moscow as thousands attend under a...
Under a heavy police presence, thousands of people bade farewell Friday to opposition leader Alexei Navalny at his funeral in Moscow after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal...
View ArticleFire at Matchett Park
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Emergency responders put out a fire at Matchett Park on Friday. Grand Junction Police officers and Grand Junction Fire Department firefighters responded to the north...
View ArticleForest Service hiring entry-level firefighters
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Rocky Mountain Region of the USDA Forest Service is hiring 50 entry-level permanent seasonal wildland firefighters in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and...
View ArticleWisconsin Supreme Court rejects Democrats’ congressional redistricting challenge
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Democratic lawsuit that sought to throw out the battleground state’s congressional maps, marking a victory for...
View ArticleCanada plans state funeral for late Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will hold a state funeral for Brian Mulroney, the prime minister who in the 1980s solidified trade ties with the U.S. and spoke out against...
View ArticleNew details released on plane crash
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report detailing what caused a Hawker 900XP to crash near the Colorado - Utah border on Feb. 7,...
View ArticleVehicle theft increasing in Mesa County
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is warning residents to lock their car doors as vehicle theft is on the rise. Law enforcement has seen a surge in people stealing from cars...
View Article3 juveniles summoned for Rifle trespasses and thefts
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Three more juveniles have been summoned to Garfield County District Court in connection to a string of vehicle trespasses and property thefts in Rifle. A 16-year-old...
View ArticleMan charged with attacking police in Times Square, vilified in Trump ad, was...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Venezuelan man who became the subject of national attention for allegedly kicking a police officer in Times Square, then flipping off news cameras on his way out of court, was...
View ArticleParamedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case...
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison in a rare prosecution of medical responders following the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name...
View ArticleA New Jersey city that limited street parking hasn’t had a traffic death in 7...
Street parking was already scarce in Hoboken, New Jersey, when the death of an elderly pedestrian spurred city leaders to remove even more spaces in a bid to end traffic fatalities. For seven years...
View ArticleWhere will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There's still time to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Where will you be watching the April 8 total solar eclipse? There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the skies darken along a strip of North America, whether by land,...
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