A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is...
Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be...
View ArticleLincoln Park Pool now open
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Lincoln Park Pool is now open for the summer season. Kids gathered for a private party Thursday and Friday the city celebrated the opening with a school's out party...
View ArticleFruita hosting annual Splash Bash
FRUITA, Colo. (KREX) — The City of Fruita Youth Action Council is hosting its annual Splash Bash at the Fruita Community Center this Friday. This is a free event for students grades six through 12....
View ArticleCity approves several fireworks shows
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The City of Grand Junction has approved several fireworks shows for 2024 at Suplizio Field. The city will celebrate major events with fireworks on Memorial Day,...
View ArticleMan looks to break world record
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Western Colorado is well known for its extreme sports. One man is looking to break his own old world record by becoming the fastest man on a motorized skateboard....
View ArticleDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin resumes duty after undergoing procedure at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin underwent a medical procedure at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday evening and has resumed duty after temporarily transferring power...
View ArticleEmergency convoy takes provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An emergency convoy was delivering food, water and other provisions Saturday to stunned survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua...
View ArticleIt's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The focus for South Africa's national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority...
View ArticleTop assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to US to face charges,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top assassin for the Sinaloa drug cartel who was arrested by Mexican authorities last fall has been extradited to the U.S. to face drug, gun and witness retaliation charges, the...
View ArticleChile accuses volunteer firefighter and ex-forestry official with causing...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean judge on Saturday ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire in the Valparaiso...
View ArticleRare blue-eyed cicada spotted during 2024 emergence at suburban Chicago...
LISLE, Ill. (AP) — It was late morning when The Morton Arboretum's Senior Horticulturist Kate Myroup arrived at the Children’s Garden with a special guest: a rare, blue-eyed female Magicicada cassini...
View ArticleNational Spelling Bee reflects the economic success and cultural impact of...
When Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 1985, a headline on an Associated Press article read, “Immigrants’ son wins National Spelling...
View ArticleA 19th century flag disrupts leadership at an Illinois museum and prompts a...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is once again under the spotlight after a manager failed to consult a collections committee before purchasing a 21-star...
View ArticleCar bomb in the Syrian capital kills one. Drone strike near Lebanon border...
BEIRUT (AP) — A bomb attached to a car exploded early Saturday in the western part of the Syrian capital that is home to several diplomatic missions, killing one person and causing material damage,...
View ArticleSunak’s plan to make 18-year-olds do national service grabs attention on UK...
LONDON (AP) — All 18-year-olds in Britain will have to perform a year of mandatory military or civilian national service if the governing Conservative Party wins the July 4 national election, the...
View ArticleLatest deadly weather in US kills at least 18 as storms carve path of ruin...
VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 18 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a...
View ArticleMontrose Monday!
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Recurring guest, Tonya Maddox, tells WesternSlopeNow about upcoming events in Montrose. On Wednesday, is The Forum Montrose. This week, the forum group is meeting at the new...
View ArticleJUCO offers free entry for veterans
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Junior College World Series (JUCO) will be offering free entry to veterans on Memorial Day only. All you need to do is show your ID.
View ArticleIran further increases its stockpile of uranium enriched to near...
VIENNA (AP) — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report on Monday by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the...
View ArticleWhy you can't keep a JUCO foul ball
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — It's every kid's dream to catch a foul ball at a baseball game, but at a Junior College World Series game, you aren't allowed to keep a foul ball. Here's why. Brett...
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