Cyndy Koures.
News Director
Grand Junction, Colorado
Cyndy started her career as a 17-year-old intern and camera operator in Kalispell, Montana in 1981. Since then, she’s worked in Lewiston, Idaho, Tri Cities and Spokane, Washington. She comes to Grand Junction from NBC Montana where she headed up an investigative unit and worked as the Assistant News Director.
Most of her career was spent as a reporter, radio news anchor, back up anchor and producer at KXLY TV and AM in Spokane. While there, Cyndy won an Emmy for Best Writing and was nominated for several others. Most recently, she helped lead her team to Montana's Best Newscast two years running and is a four-time winner of Montana's Best News Writing.
Cyndy has replaced her two now-adult kids with an amazing dog.
Awards
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 8:10 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures. and (Kacie Sinton)
His condition is unknown.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 3:35 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Documents first unveiled behind closed doors have been made public.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 2:03 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
A gas leak is forcing Grand Junction police and emergency crews to close traffic and consider evacuations.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 12:22 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
The District 51 board narrowly voted against a proposed clinic for the new Grand Junction High School campus.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 1:22 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures. and (Kacie Sinton)
Patterson crash traps driver, creates dangerous situation with power lines
Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 3:31 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
The Glenwood Springs girls team knocked out the top-ranked George Washington team from Denver today.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 4:37 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Red Rock told us he investigated every complaint ever filed against the company..
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 12:53 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Officials are concerned due to "suspicious circumstances" found at her home.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 11:59 AM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Hundreds of people lined up outside Tuesday night’s District 51 school consolidation meeting.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 2:15 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Entering a crowded field of candidates, Tina Peters has thrown her hat into the ring.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 2:24 PM MST
|By (Kaia Hofmeister) and Cyndy Koures.
A Mesa County jury will decide whether prosecutors proved their case against Cohee and whether he is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 3:07 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
A new program is being launched by Community Hospital with the goal of helping adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities find work and start careers.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 1:33 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
The agreement means the city will assign a Deputy Fire Chief from the Grand Junction Department to the Clifton Fire Protection District to provide management and oversight operations.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 6:09 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
St Mary’s Medical Center releases reaction to lawsuit over former nurse
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 1:28 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Fire crews raced to a truck that ended up inside the Western Rockies Eye Center’s Optical store.
Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 3:16 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Witnesses report two cars slammed into the Saint Joseph’s Church Office.
Updated: Dec. 7, 2022 at 11:55 AM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Elections workers across CD-3 are tabulating votes in the Frisch/Boebert race.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 3:29 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
The city plans to ask the homeless for their input on tackling the homelessness crisis.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:01 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
A proposal to make camping on Mesa County-owned land illegal is being considered by county leaders.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 10:21 AM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
U.S. House candidate Adam Frisch (D) has filed federal election papers that indicate he wants to move campaign moneys raised this year in his run for Colorado’s 3rd District to a possible run in 2024.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2022 at 4:58 PM MST
|By Cyndy Koures.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will hold public meetings next year as the state prepares for the beginning of the wolf introductio
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:55 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Curious how many of your tax dollars are spent on travel? We take a look at several House of Representatives members to break down how much they spend each year.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 1:42 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Governor Jared Polis thinks Colorado Mesa University could lead the country in developing geothermal energy.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 1:21 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Developers want to annex 27 acres into the city, change the zoning, and start pulling out gravel.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022 at 1:12 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
If you're an Xcel Energy customer and use natural gas, your bills are on their way up.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 4:00 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Sources report that the school is locked down, but little has been confirmed yet.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:43 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Mike Lindell is expected to be called in front of a federal grand jury in Grand Junction.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 10:44 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Trash in the north desert has caused county commissioners and state representatives to clash over who is responsible for maintaining the land.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:57 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
The attempted kidnapping happened at Eagle Rim Park in Orchard Mesa.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 3:50 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures. and (Kaia Hofmeister)
A fire has been reported in southern Grand Junction
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 3:22 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
The American Muckrakers PAC fired off a letter asking the U.S. Department of Justice and the Denver office of the FBI check out allegations of corruption in Garfield County, CO.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 11:47 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
An accident on I-70 near the border of Colorado and Utah has killed one and injured three.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 2:02 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures. and (Kacie Sinton)
Mesa County Search and Rescue recovered the remains of a man killed in a car accident on the Colorado National Monument on Saturday.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 11:21 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
And Thursday afternoon, Belinda Knisely, a former deputy clerk is expected to cut a deal with prosecutors that will keep her out of prison in exchange for testifying against Peters and others in the case.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 12:01 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
After nearly five months of construction, the Cameo Roadway Improvements project is complete
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 1:57 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Mesa County Commissioners plan to ask the feds to make sure Colorado Parks and Wildlife can manage wolf populations when the species is re-introduced.
Updated: Aug. 15, 2022 at 11:49 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures. and (Kacie Sinton)
Peters faces accusations she tampered with election results. That means she can’t work at the county in her current elected position. But Peters is still on the taxpayer payroll at $93,000 a year.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 2:11 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
The fire station will be competed this winter.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 11:16 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
People in the small Colorado town of De Beque are still reeling after a foot chase for a suspect launched an order for residents to shelter in place.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 10:51 AM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Judge issues another arrest warrant for indicted Mesa Co Clerk
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 6:04 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
It’s called the Storm King Mountain Memorial Trail and it closely follows the path firefighters hiked to fight the blaze.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 6:13 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Mesa County Commissioners ask Secretary of State to remove special election watchers for the November election.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 4:31 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Power has been knocked out across the valley.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 4:42 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Mesa County’s commissioners signed off on a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) asking state policy over high-capacity magazines be reviewed.
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 3:07 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
The 911 call was made early Monday morning, reporting violence between two men resulting in one stabbing the other.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:59 PM MDT
|By (Kacie Sinton) and Cyndy Koures.
Mesa County Health has launched a community service geared towards understanding the community's ever-shifting needs.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 11:47 AM MDT
|By (Kacie Sinton) and Cyndy Koures.
The Commission on Judicial Discipline met just days before the order
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 5:07 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Potentially dozens of Native American children are buried in unmarked graves somewhere in the valley.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2022 at 4:08 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
Details will be added as they are available
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 3:08 PM MDT
|By Cyndy Koures.
The complaint centers on whether Boebert inflated mileage logged during her 2020 campaign and used over $20,000 in campaign money to pay off years of tax liens on her restaurant.
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