The state is having one of the warmest winters on record — the implications could stretch into spring and summer.

Two months after the seven states of the Colorado River basin failed to reach consensus on managing the waterway, the U.S.

Negotiators couldn't strike a deal in Salt Lake City this week. Can 7 governors make peace in time to avoid a court battle?

The Bureau of Reclamation on Friday released a draft of options for how to manage the Colorado River water supply for years ...

The proposals range from "no action" to a scenario that might result in water cuts to the lower-basin states, including ...

As Chuck Cullom addressed an audience at a June water conference in Colorado, the snows high in the Rocky Mountains behind him were warming into water, which would soak into dry soils, evaporate into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lake Mead, impounded by Hoover Dam, contains far less water than it used to. Kevin Carter/Getty Images The Colorado River is in ...

DENVER – Drought conditions continue to improve in the eastern half of Colorado, as one-third of the state is drought-free as of this week. But little has changed on the drought-stricken Western Slope ...

Heavy autumn rains brought relief to drought-plagued portions of the Southwest, but across the Colorado River basin, ongoing water supply concerns still linger amid tense policy negotiations and near ...

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, ...

Drought and long, hot summer days are sucking Western Colorado’s rivers dry, parching farm fields and fueling the massive wildfires proliferating across the region. A chunk of northwestern Colorado in ...