Colorado River states approve emergency Flaming Gorge releases as Lake Powell nears hydropower thresholds, signaling deeper infrastructure constraints and looming capital investment decisions across t ...

Arizona and other states are stuck in negotiations about sharing the river's water. Some have proposed breaking the ...

Colorado River officials plan summer drought response, making tense decisions between local economies and basinwide needs.

Arizona Republicans are seeking to protect the Colorado River as its water supply continues to dwindle. State Senate ...

While the moves by Upper Colorado River Basin states could save Lake Powell, they will cause pain at Flaming Gorge and push ...

Colorado is bracing for a significant water struggle, with Commissioner Rebecca Mitchell representing Colorado's Upper Basin, ...

Upper Basin states have approved an emergency release from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Lake Powell to avert a hydropower shutdown, cutting flows to Lake Mead, which has fallen to 34% capacity. Arizona ...

The federal government ordered Flaming Gorge water released and cuts to Lake Powell releases, to prevent collapse.

Four Upper Basin states have approved an emergency transfer of up to 1 million acre-feet from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Lake Powell as water levels near the Glen Canyon Dam’s minimum power pool. The ...

The Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday it aims to reduce Lake Powell water releases to 6 million acre-feet, the lowest amount in decades.

With a historic drought hitting the Colorado River basin, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is making preparations to slow ...

Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, Wyoming and other upper Colorado River Basin states are pointing to the climate-driven disaster unfolding in ...