Paramedic sentencing in Elijah McClain's death caps trials that led to 3...
DENVER (AP) — Almost five years after Elijah McClain died following a police stop in which he was put in a neck hold and injected with the powerful sedative ketamine, three of the five Denver-area...
View ArticleHammerhead shark sculpture found
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Hammerhead Shark, a piece of art stolen last week, is part of Downtown's Art on the Corner Collection. On Thursday morning, the piece was anonymously returned to its...
View ArticlePickleball courts close temporarily
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Pickleball court closures will be planned at Pine Ridge and Lincoln Park in May during the completion stage of the Grand Junction Pickleball and Tennis Expansion...
View ArticlePalisade Historical Society to hold history talk on newspapers
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) — The Palisade Historical Society is hosting a special event called Reading Yesterday’s News Online Today. This event, led by Leigh Jeremias, will explore how historical...
View ArticleNew leaders take on Haiti's chaos as those living in fear demand swift...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It has been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on the Caribbean nation's new leaders is rapidly...
View ArticleHBA of Western Colorado hosting Home Improvement and Remodeling Expo this...
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — If you're looking for something to do this weekend or want to refresh your home, the Housing and Building Association of Western Colorado (HBA) is hosting its Home...
View ArticleDistrict Attorney's Office holds annual Crime Victims' Rights Week luncheon
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The District Attorney's Office held its annual luncheon for National Crime Victims' Rights Week on Friday. "Each year for National Crime Victims' Week, we try to do a lunch...
View ArticleCentral High School Incident
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — On April 24, Central High School students videotaped a verbal altercation with a Mesa County Sheriff SRO officer that suddenly turned violent. The video shows the...
View ArticleMidwest tornadoes flatten homes in Nebraska suburbs and leave trails of...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as it tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Some...
View ArticleTornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tornadoes wreaked havoc Friday in the Midwest, causing a building to collapse with dozens of people inside and destroying and damaging hundreds of homes, many around Omaha,...
View ArticleElliss, Jenkins, McCaffrey join Harrison and Alt in following their fathers...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Marvin Harrison Jr., Joe Alt, Kris Jenkins, Jonah Ellis and Luke McCaffrey have turned the NFL draft into a family affair. The sons of former pro football stars, they've...
View ArticleMigration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its...
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days:...
View ArticleA Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They're among those suing...
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — Richelle Dietz, a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer, often thinks about water. The family, stationed in Honolulu, spends more than $120 a...
View ArticleWild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country
OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) — As winter fades to spring and the bright purple blossoms of the redbud trees begin to bloom, Cherokee chef Bradley James Dry knows it’s time to forage for morels as well as a...
View ArticleA look at the protests about the war in Gaza that have emerged on US college...
Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students...
View ArticlePassage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender...
View ArticleAustralian prime minister describes domestic violence as a 'national crisis'...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday described domestic violence as a “national crisis” after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward...
View ArticleJapan's ruling party loses all 3 seats in special vote, seen as punishment...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s governing party, stung by an extensive slush funds scandal, lost all three seats in parliamentary by-elections Sunday in a major setback for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in...
View ArticleApril 28, 2024 Road Report
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Road conditions for the Western Slope and the surrounding areas are brought to you by Montrose Ford Nissan.
View ArticleHow Columbia University's complex history with the student protest movement...
NEW YORK (AP) — College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other...
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