River use needs to be cut now, researchers urge, to avoid putting the river system in a very difficult to potentially ...

A group of leading experts on the Colorado River say Western states urgently need to cut water use to avert a deepening ...

A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined ...

Arizona officials are pushing for states in the Upper Basin to take bigger cuts on their use of the drought-stricken river.

Upstream states, including Colorado, had no progress to report on high-stakes negotiations about Colorado River management after August 2026.

DENVER (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again live with less water from the Colorado River as drought lingers in the West, federal officials announced Friday. The Colorado River is a critical ...

A new study warns that the Colorado River's condition is worse than believed, with urgent cuts in water use needed.

An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation's largest reservoirs -- Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification ...

Federal water managers decide shortage levels each year in August, based on projected water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell for the start of the following year. Photo by Jeniffer Solis | Nevada ...

DENVER (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will again live with less water from the Colorado River as drought lingers in the West, federal officials announced Friday. The Colorado River is a critical ...

Federal water managers decide shortage levels each year in August, based on projected water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell for the start of the following year. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada ...