With another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed, states have begun ...

State negotiators failed to meet a Tuesday deadline to reach an initial agreement over future operations of the drought-stricken Colorado River, but the Trump administration indicated it will allow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Train tracks along the Colorado River through Byers Canyon southwest of Hot Sulphur Springs are pictured on June 11, 2023. (Chase ...

Federal officials gave the clearest timeline yet for when a breakthrough could come in closed-door negotiations over the water supply of 40 million Americans. On Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of ...

Negotiators from seven Western states missed a crucial deadline Tuesday to reach a consensus on dividing up water from the Colorado River. The states are negotiating new guidelines for how the federal ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A new report from Colorado Law's Colorado River Research Group warns the Colorado River Basin is "out of time," describing conditions so severe that they threaten the region's water ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Colorado River is in crisis. The seven basin states just blew through a heavily anticipated deadline to announce a new deal on how they would divide up a ...

Federal officials gave the clearest timeline yet for when a breakthrough could come in closed-door negotiations over the water supply of 40 million Americans. On Dec. 17, Assistant Secretary of Water ...