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Colorado won’t be buying up agricultural water rights to reduce water use and help stabilize the Colorado River, according to a briefing top river officials provided state lawmakers last week. Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado’s representative on the Upper Colorado River Commission, reassured lawmakers

A 54-year-old woman from Elk River was killed in a single-vehicle rollover wreck involving a side-by-side utility vehicle Saturday in the Elk River area.

Under the broiling hot sun of California’s Imperial Valley, a canal cuts the land in two. On one side, gravelly beige sand is dotted with scrub and shimmering waves of

Colorado’s legislature recently approved a new Colorado River Drought Task Force that will help provide guidelines and recommendations to manage the state’s water supply from the river as dry conditions

California farmers are putting a big target on Glen Canyon Dam, telling the federal government it's time to take a serious look at suggestions to stop using the dam to produce electricity.

Colorado River Basin states don’t agree on very much when it comes to the future operations of the basin’s largest water savings banks. One thing they do agree on: The current rules aren’t working. Th...

Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled days recreating in its waters, its expansive, rust-colored canyon walls or the onslaught of news coverage focused on its water levels. So why is th...

Federal officials on Tuesday eased Colorado River water use restrictions due to a "lucky" year of increased precipitation, but drought and overuse remain a crisis.

Heavy snow and rain this year replenished Lake Mead a bit, but it's still at a third of its historic capacity. Officials are eyeing long-term cuts.

The Department of Interior is giving $50 million over the next five years to improve key water infrastructure and enhance drought-related data collection across the Upper Colorado River Basin.\u00a0