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2 days ago | 
kkco11news.com | Kacie Sinton
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Three childcare employees ended up behind bars after child abuse charges were levied against them by the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office last week. This is a breaking news article. KKCO 11 News currently has reporters in the field investigating the name of the facility and several claims by parents of children at the facility. More information is expected to emerge.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Hannah Hickman
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Two kids and an adult were caught allegedly breaking into cars last week. Mesa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 400 block of Sundown Drive in Grand Junction just before 4:30 p.m. last Thursday for a call about three men trying to break into parked cars. Deputies arrived and saw two men running away from the area. After an investigation, 22-year-old Dagan Wood and two juveniles were arrested.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Colorado Rockies unveiled a wild new look, while the Nuggets are looking for a new head coach. For the Nuggets, they just shocked the NBA, letting go of the lone coach to ever bring a championship to Colorado, Mike Malone. The next non-interim head coach in Denver, may be the current interim David Adelman, but it’s fun to explore a couple of the more wild options as well.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Greg Beacham
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Fiala scored two goals for the second straight game, and Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere had a goal and two assists apiece in the Los Angeles Kings’ 5-4 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Captain Anze Kopitar also scored for the Kings, who have won 10 of 13.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Stephen Bowers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Sunday is a First Alert Weather Day for the elevated wildfire risk. Gusty winds and low humidity will combine with the dry vegetation to increase the wildfire risk to dangerous levels across all of Western Colorado on Sunday. Plans for outdoor burning should be delayed until the wind subsides and weather is more favorable for containing fires.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The Fruita Monument Wildcats Baseball Team took round two with the Palisade Bulldogs in the same way they did in the prior match up, late inning theatrics. The first matchup of the year took extra innings, before a big top of the 8th, resulted in a 5-1 win for Fruita, after the game was 1-1 majority of it’s duration. Game two was déjà vu, with a 1-1 score on the scoreboard out in rightfield until the bottom of the fifth.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - A baseball trailblazer will be the headline speaker at this year’s 2025 JUCO World Series Pre-Tournament Banquet, Colorado Native, and MLB Play-By-Play Announcer Jenny Cavnar. Cavnar, became the first woman to call an MLB game during her time with the Colorado Rockies. Cavnar also held the roles of sideline reporter, pregame and postgame host and backup play-by-play announcer with the Rockies.
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1 week ago | 
kkco11news.com | Stephen Bowers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Saturday is a First Alert Weather Day for an elevated wildfire danger. High Wildfire Risk This WeekendA Red Flag Warning is in effect Saturday from 1 PM until 8 PM for Delta County, eastern Montrose County, and northern Ouray County. A Red Flag Warning means that weather conditions are favorable for fires to ignite and spread out of control. Critical fire weather conditions include a combination of strong winds, low humidity, and high temperatures.
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2 weeks ago | 
kkco11news.com | Garrett Brown
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The West Slope is full of multisport athletes. Sometimes those sports are related, sometimes they might not be. For Gage Chelewski, when you break it down, he does two things very well. Wrestle people to the ground as a standout with the Fruita Monument Wrestling Team, but other times he can be found wrestling steers to the ground. “Just started bulldogging. About two years ago. And last year I placed fourth estate. This year I’m number one right now in Colorado.
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2 weeks ago | 
kkco11news.com | Stephen Bowers
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - The warmth is turning up a little bit each day this week. Record-breaking warmth is likely on Friday and Saturday. Record Warmth Friday & SaturdayOur forecast high temperature for Friday is 86 degrees. That would break the record for the date of 84 degrees, set in 2012. Our forecast high temperature will be near 87 degrees. That would break the record of 82 degrees, set last year. Weather This WeekendThat record warmth will start our weekend.