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

The Colorado River doesn’t begin with force or spectacle. It starts quietly, almost unnoticed. The landscape offers no hint of what the water will become downstream. That contrast is what makes the ...

An annual conference at the Paris Hotel, attended by representatives from seven states, discussed potential water cuts and their impacts. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Locals know the city's water source is the ...

FILE - The Colorado River in the upper River Basin is pictured in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021. The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the ...

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...

Utah and the six other states that rely upon the Colorado River on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken waterway that supplies water to 40 million people. The ...

Some signs of progress and optimism are emerging that the Colorado River Basin’s seven states could reach a short-term agreement on water use curbs by Tuesday — although not the 20-year deal that many ...

The Colorado River Indian Tribes, along Arizona's western edges, would become the third Indigenous government in North America to grant a river personhood rights. The move is part of a worldwide ...

Correction: The audio version of this story refers to Andrew Mead, the writer of an opinion piece in the L.A. Times. That is incorrect. The correct name is Aaron Mead. Climate change is affecting our ...

Seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River are ending the year at an impasse in negotiations over the writing of new rules for dealing with chronic water shortages. Representatives of ...

California’s melting snow is filling the state’s reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado River, putting strains on a vital supply for Southern California. Experts warn that ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow is ...