Six of the seven Colorado River governors met with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to talk about a shortage-sharing agreement. The meeting produced some optimism that a deal was within reach, but ...

For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by seven states and two countries, the fate of the Colorado River often flies under the national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Negotiators for at least two of the seven states battling over Colorado River water voiced optimism over reaching a deal on ...

Federal officials have released detailed options for how the Colorado River could be managed in the future, pushing forward the planning process in the absence of a seven-state deal. But some Colorado ...

DENVER — Colorado is navigating a critical economic and environmental crossroads as 2026 gets underway. From a high-stakes federal summons over the West’s most vital water resource to a legislative ...

No matter which alternative the federal government picks to manage the depleted Colorado River, there's a very good chance of severely bad consequences — such as "dead pool" at reservoirs and a cutoff ...

The Colorado River runs 2,200 miles and supplies water to almost 40 million people. It has been drying up for over a decade because of overuse. Now, it faces small amounts of snowfall on the mountains ...

As Colorado continues to negotiate with the seven Colorado River basin states on the post-2026 operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the state’s attorney general and lead negotiator are ready for a ...

State leaders gathered in Washington amid threats of lawsuits over a diminishing water supply. They reported mixed progress. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington Governors from six of the seven ...

The clock is ticking for the seven Colorado River basin states to come to an agreement on how to manage the river under the worst drought in 1,200 years. “The Law of the River,” a set of longstanding ...

Governors from Colorado River states made progress toward a shortage-sharing deal, Arizona's Katie Hobbs said, but differences remain over details. Hobbs said Arizona won't accept deeper cuts unless ...