Attorney General Phil Weiser went before state lawmakers and made it clear he's not holding his breath for a new Colorado ...

The battle over one of the Colorado River’s oldest, non-consumptive water rights continued this week during a 14-hour Colorado Water Conservation Board hearing over whether the rights could be used ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. (FOX5) — Gov. Joe Lombardo is requesting Interior Secretary Doug Burgum reschedule Colorado River negotiations for early January after a planned meeting last week did not proceed as ...

Next door, Colorado’s lead negotiator, Becky Mitchell, had framed her own message for the Southwestern states. Ranchers and ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The seven states that rely on the Colorado River to supply farms and cities across the U.S. West appear no closer to reaching a consensus on a long-term plan for sharing the dwindling ...

The Trump administration has set a mid-November deadline for the seven states that draw water from the river to reach an agreement. Government officials must aggressively address cutting Colorado ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Ted Cooke was asked to withdraw his nomination to lead the Bureau of Reclamation. The withdrawal comes as seven ...

PHOENIX – Seven states, including Arizona, missed Tuesday’s federally imposed deadline for a preliminary agreement on how to reduce Colorado River water usage after the current deal expires next year.

Western Slope elected officials, water managers, engineers, and conservationists met in Grand Junction on Friday, Oct. 3, all focused on one thing: the uncertain future of the Colorado River. “Water ...

“We cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.”— John F. Kennedy Representatives of the seven U.S. states — including Utah — that live on the water ...