Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs heads to Washington, D.C. for pivotal talks on the Colorado River's future amid potential ...

At its core, the framework authorizes and coordinates development of new supply through large-scale desalination, advanced ...

Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

Next door, Colorado’s lead negotiator, Becky Mitchell, had framed her own message for the Southwestern states. Ranchers and other water users in the Upper Basin already suffer cuts when mountain ...

The Interior Department document outlines a range of alternatives for managing drought on the Colorado River.

Seven Colorado River states appear to have made little progress on a deal that will have wide-reaching implications for the limited water supply that fuels the arid American West. Added at the end of ...

State water officials debated a controversial proposal to use two powerful Colorado River water rights to help the environment, weighing competing interests from Front Range and Western Slope water ...

Western Slope elected officials, water managers, engineers, and conservationists met in Grand Junction on Friday, Oct. 3, all focused on one thing: the uncertain future of the Colorado River. “Water ...

Western Slope elected officials, water managers, engineers and conservationists met in Grand Junction on Friday, Oct. 3, all focused on one thing: the uncertain future of the Colorado River. “Water ...

The clock is ticking on short-term interstate deals on water use. A long-term operating plan must be in place by Oct. 1, 2026. The Trump administration will give state officials hashing out the future ...

The state is having one of the warmest winters on record — the implications could stretch into spring and summer.