Negotiators from seven Colorado River basin states in recent weeks have said they're discussing a plan that would base the amount of water released from Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the river's flows.

As Colorado River stakeholders scramble to negotiate the basin’s long-term operational guidelines, the Trump administration is expressing support for a state-level consensus agreement — while… ...

Las Vegas and Southern Nevada’s success is directly tied to the health of Lake Mead and the Colorado River.

U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper’s bipartisan Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act, was passed in the Senate, aiming to extended the System Conservation Pilot Program that all… ...

Arizona is tussling with other states over how much of the Colorado River it should receive. But how will Arizonans divide its share internally?

The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, marking forward progress after a long standoff between the Upper Basin and Lower ...

States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end up in messy court battles.

States in the upper and lower halves of the Colorado River basin have spent the last few months negotiating how water cuts should be divvied out after current agreements expire in 2026, but are at ...

A federal search and rescue task force made up of firefighters from Colorado agencies is preparing for potential deployment to Texas to assist following catastrophic Fourth of July flooding.

The multi-agency FEMA task force is sending around 45 people to Texas to help with search, rescue, and recovery in response to the devastating floods that have killed over 100 people and left ...

DENVER — After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.