21st Judicial District Nominating Commission meets
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Mesa County is in need of a judge to fill a recent vacancy. The 21st Judicial District Nominating Commission met Monday to interview and select nominees, one of whom will...
View ArticleOuray police chief fired for "poor performance" following two internal...
OURAY, Colo. (KREX) — Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood was fired Monday following the conclusion of two internal affairs investigations that commenced after allegations of rape that occurred at his home...
View ArticleThe Latest | Israeli Supreme Court rules that the military must begin...
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service — a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleTeam combs fire-ravaged New Mexico community for remains of the missing
As residents return to a fire-ravaged village in the mountains of southern New Mexico, the mayor on Monday warned them that some parts of Ruidoso remain off limits as special search and rescue teams...
View ArticleGJPD investigating fatal early-morning crash
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — At about 2:30 a.m., the Grand Junction Police and Fire departments responded to a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of North Avenue and Interstate 70B. The...
View ArticleGrand Junction hosts CPFF Convention this week
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The 2024 Colorado Professional Firefighters (CPFF) Annual Delegate Convention kicked off on Monday in Grand Junction. The convention is hosted by Grand Junction...
View ArticleState of the Community Breakfast
LOMA, Colo. (KREX) — The Annual State of the Community Breakfast, hosted by the Fruita area Chamber of Commerce, was held this morning with several key speakers. Attendees heard from Matthew Breman,...
View ArticleWellspring Project - a hands-on summer camp by the river
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — This is day one of the Wellspring Project - a four-day hands-on summer camp for sixth and seventh graders. Lead Programmer Nicole Cook says what was once a dream from...
View ArticleBrazil’s Supreme Court decriminalizes possession of marijuana for personal use
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use, making the nation one of Latin America’s last to do so, in a move that could...
View ArticleIllinois man accused in mass shooting at Fourth of July parade expected to...
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 is expected to change his initial plea of not guilty at a...
View ArticleLong-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims...
NEW YORK (AP) — It was half of the Stonewall Inn, the gay dive bar where a 1969 police raid became a landmark moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been...
View ArticleHawks set to make No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, and this year there is mystery...
NEW YORK (AP) — Since the lucky numbers came up for the Atlanta Hawks for a surprising victory in the lottery, speculation centered around Alex Sarr and Zaccharie Risacher of France as the players...
View ArticleSaipan, placid island setting for Assange's last battle, is briefly mobbed —...
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists...
View ArticlePresident Luis Arce's career has mirrored Bolivia's economic trajectory from...
The president of Bolivia, who was the target of an attempted coup on Wednesday night, is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies....
View ArticleNo human remains are found as search crews comb rubble from New Mexico wildfires
No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires. Authorities...
View ArticleThe Vatican stands trial in London as a British financier seeks to clear his...
ROME (AP) — The Vatican went on trial in a London court Wednesday, as a British financier sought to recover from the harm he said he suffered to his reputation as a result of a Vatican investigation...
View ArticleHickenlooper visits U.S. 50 closed bridge
GUNNISON, Colo. (KREX) — Senator Hickenlooper hosted a press conference with the closed Gunnison bridge in the background - he tells WesternSlopeNow he is going to do what he can in Washington to...
View ArticleHOA for Paradise Hills holds meeting on flood
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Residents of the Paradise Hills neighborhood in Grand Junction were severely affected by last Thursday's storm with some residents experiencing damage to their homes....
View ArticleBolivian general arrested after apparent failed coup attempt as government...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Led by a top general vowing to “restore democracy,” armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday in what the president called a coup attempt, then...
View ArticleMaui officials highlight steps toward rebuilding as 1-year mark of deadly...
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Nearly a year after wind-whipped flames raced through Kim Ball’s Hawaii community, the empty lot where his house once stood is a symbol of some of the progress being made toward...
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