Mesa County Behavioral Health and Mind Springs partner, receive grant
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Mesa County Behavioral Health is collaborating with Mind Springs Health to make accessing health care easier in the Grand Valley. The State of Colorado Department of Human...
View ArticleTreasury secretary heads to China to talk trade, anti-money laundering and...
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is headed to a China determined to avoid open conflict with the United States, yet the world's two largest economies...
View ArticlePalisade picks Mikolai for reelection
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) — The people of Palisade reelected incumbent Mayor Greg Mikolai to a second term. Rick Fox, Jeff Snook and Sarah Matchett are slated to fill the three empty positions on the...
View ArticleWSNARC hosts first annual Grand Mesa Powwow
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Western Slope Native American Resource Center (WSNARC) is holding its first annual Grand Mesa Powwow on April 5-7. The powwow will be in CMU's Brownson Arena and...
View ArticlePowderhorn's closing day coming soon
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — As Spring continues to come into bloom, ski resorts begin to close. Powderhorn's closing day is scheduled for April 7. Although, they will be opening for a bonus weekend...
View ArticleMineral withdrawal within the Thompson Divide
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On April 3, The Biden administration announced mineral withdrawal within the Thompson Divide. This will protect more than 200,000 acres of national public land. The...
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GJ hosts open house for input on sustainability and adaption plan
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The City of Grand Junction will host a sustainability and adaptation open house for community members to learn more and give feedback on the city's draft Sustainability...
View Article4 arrested after human remains found
GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Four people have been arrested after human remains were found in Garfield County this winter. On December 26, 2023, Garfield County Search And Rescue was looking for a...
View ArticleGov. Polis celebrates launch of EV tax credit
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Governor Polis celebrated the launch of a new electric vehicle tax credit this week. The tax credit comes as a result of HB23-1272. The bill created and expanded...
View ArticleUS jobs report for March is likely to point to slower but still-solid hiring
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American economy is thought to have added 200,000 jobs in March — a more-than-respectable increase though one that would mark a slowdown from February's vigorous gain of 275,000...
View ArticleFormer Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him “unfit to be president.” And former Vice...
View ArticleTotal solar eclipse forecast: Will your city have clear skies Monday?
DALLAS (AP) — Some who hope to witness Monday's total solar eclipse may see the sun obscured by clouds instead of by the moon. There's still plenty of time for forecasts to change, but meteorologists...
View ArticleSen. Bernie Sanders's office in Vermont caught fire. Arson is suspected, but...
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Police in Vermont are seeking a suspect who allegedly started a fire Friday outside the office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. The small blaze caused minor damages but no injuries....
View ArticleBennet and colleagues send Biden letter on immigrants
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Sen. Michael Bennet and 18 senate colleagues recently sent President Biden a letter urging the president to provide legal protection and pathways to residency or...
View ArticleCondemned inmate could face 'surgery without anesthesia' if good vein is...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's execution protocol allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if the typical process of finding a suitable vein to inject the lethal drug doesn't work, lawyers for a death row...
View ArticlePalisade, American Red Cross taking donations after apartment explosion
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) — The Town of Palisade and the American Red Cross are accepting donations after someone set off an explosion at an apartment complex, killing one. For anyone looking to offer...
View ArticleMesa County and the City of Grand Junction team up to evaluate food waste
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Piggybacking off a grant given to the city in 2022 to research food waste and food sustainability, Mesa County is helping further the research by donating compost to...
View ArticlePalisade apartment building goes up in flames-live from Palisade
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Around 7:15 a.m. this morning, police traffic scanners reported an explosion at the apartment building in the 900 block of Iowa Avenue. There were reports of one missing...
View ArticleNew job opportunities in Grand Junction
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Following such a great turnout at the Grand Valley Career Fair, WesternSlopeNow went out to find out what potential jobs there are in Grand Junction and what the job...
View ArticleHow to donate to the Palisade apartment explosion victims
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) — An explosion at an apartment complex in Palisade on Friday killed one while leaving several others without a home. Community members who wish to donate to the victims of the...
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