The Colorado River once only powered farms and industry. Today, it powers communities whose economies depend on recreational activities such as rafting, tubing and fishing. In Southern Utah, businesse ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — An early season forecast indicates Lake Powell will get only about 81% of its normal water flow because of ...

Negotiators for the seven states arguing over diminished Colorado River water are discussing an option they hope will end their deadlock, one that Arizona officials say would focus less on who gets ...

The seven states that share the drought-stricken river are aiming for an agreement before a November deadline set by the Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau of Reclamation is weighing whether it can ...

The Colorado River Compact of 1922 specified that the upper basin states “will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to be ... that the 2007 guidelines that provide the management map of the ...

Farmers near Meeker, in northwestern Colorado, have been diverting water from the White River to flood their fields for ...

“I think we all know we are in an existential time for this river,” said Anne Castle, a Biden administration appointee to a key river agency. LAS VEGAS — Amid a stalemate over the future of the ...

What used to be a calm stretch of the Yampa River near Craig, Colorado, now boasts a new set of rollicking whitewater rapids.

If we have another year like this next year and Wolford (Mountain Reservoir) gets drawn down farther, then we’re in a precarious spot.” ...

Arizona officials present details of a new proposal to share future shortages on the Colorado River. The "supply-driven" solution would base allocations on the river's actual flows, not on storage in ...

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.