City holds impact fee meeting Thursday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — For the first time since 2019, the City of Grand Junction hosted an impact fee meeting Thursday morning at the Grand Junction Fire Department. City of Grand Junction...
View ArticleCar theft suspect identified
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — The suspect of a stolen vehicle that led into a police chase Thursday morning has been identified as 25-year-old Justin Souther of Aurora. Souther has been charged with...
View ArticleWhat's going to be Colorado's coolest thing?
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The nominations for Colorado's coolest thing made in the state are fast approaching. Loren Furman, president and CEO of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce, says it's...
View ArticleRodeo and livestock and community, oh my: Montrose County Fair coming up
MONTROSE, Colo. (KREX) — Montrose County said it's promising a plethora of family events at the upcoming fair and rodeo. The festivities start Friday, July 19, and end Sunday, July 27, at the Montrose...
View ArticleIllinois deputy charged with murder shot woman in face after ordering her to...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home and then discouraged...
View ArticleJudge and Ohtani are the MVP favorites, but there's plenty of time left in...
Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani are the front-runners for baseball's MVP awards, according to the oddsmakers. It's only the All-Star break, but one or two clear favorites have emerged for several of the...
View ArticleVietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful...
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said...
View ArticleInternet outage latest | Airlines, businesses hit by global technology...
A major internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world, with problems continuing hours after the technology company said it was...
View ArticleRussia convicts US journalist of spying in a trial widely seen as politically...
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the...
View ArticleRockfall mitigation work to begin July 22
DELTA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — Fifteen-minute delays can be expected next week on Highway 133 for rockfall mitigation, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). Roadwork will begin...
View ArticleDelta County sees new businesses opening
DELTA, Colo (KREX) - If you're driving through downtown Delta, there's a chance you may stop at some local businesses. In recent times, many local shops have enjoyed an uptick in customers. Mimi...
View ArticleLocal Colorado native shares historic quilt with the town of Palisade
PALISADE, Colo. (KREX) - Flora Anderson’s daughter Robin McCain states, “I think she'd be amazed if she can hear what people think about this now and just, she would be so pleased.” In the heart of...
View ArticleLaw enforcement seizes around 220,000 pills following morning pursuit
MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — A Friday morning pursuit ended up with law enforcement finding 48 pounds of fentanyl pills.Mesa County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as 21-year-old Levyn...
View ArticleIn a California gold rush town, some Black families are fighting for land...
COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now...
View ArticleDo you really have to wait to go swimming after eating?
Did your parents warn you against jumping in the pool right after eating? They were misguided. In most cases, there’s no need to wait at least 30 minutes after eating to go for a swim, doctors say....
View ArticleAs a scholar, he's charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors...
They plan to gather one last time on Sunday — the handful of mostly elderly members of First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. They'll say the Lord's Prayer, recite the Apostle's Creed and hear...
View ArticleBiden praises longtime US Rep Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who died of cancer
Longtime U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who helped lead federal efforts to protect women from domestic violence and recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, has died. She was 74. Lillie...
View ArticleIndia has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places...
BENGALURU, India (AP) — At a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Chennai in southern India a giant battery powers machinery day and night, replacing a diesel-spewing generator. It's one of just a...
View ArticleVatican's Pius XII archives shed light on another contentious chapter: The...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The recently opened archives of Pope Pius XII have shed new light on claims the World War II-era pope didn’t speak out about the Holocaust. But they’re also providing details about...
View ArticleWhat to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing
The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today's oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to...
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