As TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress to reject...
View ArticleTackle Hunger Food Drive Exceeds Expectations
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The 4th annual Tackle Hunger Food Drive came to a close last week. Thanks to the tremendous help of our sponsors, Ambassador Blind and Shutter, Canvas Credit Union, and...
View ArticleDirector Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has sued director Roman Polanski, alleging he raped her in his home when she was a minor in 1973. The woman aired the allegations, which the 90-year-old Polanski has denied,...
View ArticleThe Latest | Israeli forces strike UN food center in Gaza, killing at least 5...
Israel's military struck a United Nations food distribution center in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing a staff member and at least four other people, according to the U.N. and Gaza health officials....
View ArticleThe effects of the cold front moving through the western U.S. will drop high...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Temperatures today are dropping about ten degrees from where they were yesterday. Snow potential will be the case in the higher elevations with light showers in the...
View Article50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing...
View ArticleWhirling disease affecting native fish
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Whirling disease is a waterborne parasite that mainly affects trout and salmon. Aquatic Biologist Kendall Bakich told WestrernSlopeNow the disease was brought to the...
View ArticlePlan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would...
View ArticleSchool-to-Work Alliance Program to host annual career fair
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The School-to-Work Alliance Program (SWAP) will host its annual Youth Career and Resource Fair March 14. The career fair is open to all middle and high school students...
View ArticleIsrael says it plans to direct Palestinians out of Rafah ahead of anticipated...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday it plans to direct a significant portion of the 1.4 million displaced Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost town of Rafah...
View Article3 men charged with federal firearms counts after Kansas City Chiefs Super...
Three Missouri men have been charged with federal counts related to the illegal purchase of high-powered rifles and guns with extended magazines after last month's shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’...
View ArticleFoster Alumni Mentors provides connection for former foster youth
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Foster care can provide support and connection for those in the system — but what happens to those who age out and are left without that support? Foster Alumni Mentors...
View ArticleA Massachusetts town spent $600K on shore protection. A winter storm washed...
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling after a weekend storm washed away $600,000 in sand that was trucked in to protect homes, roads and other infrastructure. The project, which...
View ArticleIntermountain Health Rocky Mountain Orthopedics cuts ribbon on new MRI
GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX) — Intermountain Rocky Mountain Orthopedics cut the ribbon on their fifth MRI machine for Grand Junction. This one is located at the orthopedic building off 25 1/2 Road. The...
View ArticleThe Art Center of Western Colorado's March exhibit
The Art Center of Western Colorado's March exhibits include selected works from CMU's annual juried student exhibition, one of the state's most competitive watercolor shows, and many more local...
View ArticleHigh schoolers take field trip to CMU to better understand the path to success
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Earlier this week around 60 high school students from all over the D 51 School District took a field trip to Community Hospital and CMU to get hands-on experience with...
View ArticleMCSO warns of warrant scam calls
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The Mesa County Sheriff's Office is warning the community about a scam in which someone calls impersonating law enforcement and threatens to arrest citizens on an...
View ArticleUpdate to Ouray rape case
OURAY, Colo. (KREX) — Ashton Whittington, one of the three suspects accused of rape, appeared in person for a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon after last week's court hearing was postponed...
View ArticleTackle Hunger Food drive comes to an end
GRAND JUNCTION Colo. (KREX) — For the third year in a row Western Slope Now teamed up with local businesses to collect food for the Catholic outreach. This year Grand Junction donated an estimated one...
View ArticleDepartment of Local Affairs announces second round of rental assistance grants
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) announced the second round of pre-applications for the Temporary Rental Assistance Grant will open March 15....
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