The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Hezbollah has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war, the militant group's...
View ArticleRabbit Valley Fire update
RABBIT VALLEY, Colo. (KREX) — On Monday around 3 p.m. a fire broke out in Rabbit Valley that quickly began to spread. Fire crews from the Bureau of Land Management and Lower Valley Fire District...
View ArticleStartup Colorado helping rural entrepreneurs
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Startup Colorado, a nonprofit, was created to help rural entrepreneurs. Its online community is now 1,920 members strong. Communications and Editorial Director for...
View ArticleRemembering Beverly Lampley
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX)— “She was nonjudgmental. She accepted every person as they were rather than trying to remake them. She had open ears and an open heart,” said Karen Bland with Grand Valley...
View ArticleThe City of Grand Junction's LEED program earns a Silver Certification
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The City of Grand Junction received silver certification through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program (LEED). They celebrated this achievement with...
View ArticleXcel selling Shoshone water rights - how it impacts Mesa County
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (KREX) — The almighty Colorado River has supported civilizations across several states for centuries. But with so much demand for this precious element, who controls its water...
View ArticleProfile on CD-3 candidates
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — With Colorado's primary on June 25, WesternSlopeNow wanted to give you a profile on two of the Republican candidates for the 3rd Congressional District. Ron Hanks, a...
View ArticleIsrael's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that it was establishing a new safe corridor to deliver aid into southern Gaza. But days later, this self-declared “tactical pause” has brought little...
View ArticleRain helps 1,000 firefighters slow big New Mexico blazes as Biden approves...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — More than 1,000 firefighters in New Mexico took advantage of a break in the weather on Thursday to get the upper hand — for now — on a pair of wildfires that have killed two...
View ArticleDonald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned 'M.A.S.H.' to...
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He...
View ArticleMajor power outage hits Balkan region as countries swelter in early summer...
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — A major hourslong power outage hit much of the Balkans on Friday as the southern European region sweltered in an early heat wave that sent temperatures soaring to more...
View ArticleParis police chief outlines security measures for Olympics
PARIS (AP) — With the Paris Olympics a month away, city police chief Laurent Nunez addressed security concerns on Friday. Nunez said police forces remain on high alert. The Olympics start on July 24,...
View ArticleHow does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It...
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what's happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and...
View ArticlePennsylvania couple drowns in Florida rip current while on vacation with...
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple vacationing in Florida with their six children drowned after they were caught in a rip current while swimming, authorities said. Brian Warter, 51,...
View ArticleAfternoon storm brings Grand Valley residents flooding and hail
GRAND VALLEY, Colo. (KREX) — Many residents of the Grand Valley are on clean-up duty after a strong storm blew through Thursday afternoon. Thursday's storm brought hail, heavy rain and strong winds to...
View ArticleColorado State Patrol talks impaired driving for Country Jam weekend
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Today, Sergeant Patrick Rice with the Colorado State Patrol (CSP) stopped by the studio to talk impaired driving during Country Jam weekend. Sergeant Rice told...
View ArticleMan accused of child sex crimes appears for status conference
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Niko Niskala, accused of 15 counts related to sexual assault on a child, appeared in court Friday afternoon for a status conference. Niskala pleaded not guilty to all 15...
View ArticleFlash Flooding sweeps through Grand Junction neighborhood
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — After heavy rain and hailstorms swept through the valley, the Grand Junction neighborhood of Paradise Corner initially thought they had weathered the worst of it....
View ArticleGrand Junction Rotary Club presents Service Above Self Award
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The Rotary Club bestowed a Special Service Above Self Award, shared by Jamie Hamilton and Jacquie Chappell-Reid, community members who dedicated years of work to our...
View ArticleShooting at grocery store in Arkansas kills 3 and wounds 10 others, police say
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A shooter who opened fire Friday at a grocery store in Arkansas left the store and parked cars riddled with bullet holes as bystanders ducked for cover both indoors and in the...
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