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Built in 1878, the church is named for the patron saint of farming — a practice that isn’t so easy as the water dries up, drought after drought.

When it comes to water, it’s not North vs. South or surface vs. groundwater anymore, one farmer explains.

Hard calculations and changed practices in the era of drought and global warming raise moral questions for some Rio Grande farmers.

Hard calculations and changed practices in the era of drought and global warming raise moral questions for some Rio Grande farmers.

With less snowpack to feed the river and aquifers, Colorado state government may shut off farmers’ wells in the near future.

Mayor Louie Trujillo knows he has at least a five-year push in front of him to rebuild water treatment facilities in Las Vegas, N.M., that were contaminated by debris from the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire. And while he’d like things to move at a faster pace, he did get a drop in the bucket on Monday to help.

There’s no certainty swaths of beetle-bitten trees will recover over burn scars.

A proposed deal that Texas and New Mexico say will bring an end to the states’ years-long, multi-million dollar dispute over Rio Grande water had its day in court Monday, facing objections from two irrigation districts and the federal government.

With less snowpack to feed the river and aquifers, Colorado state government may shut off farmers’ wells in the near future.