A wicked snow drought picked a bad year to plague the West, with the Colorado River already reeling. Arizona's local supplies ...

The seven states have missed two deadlines for reaching an agreement on how to share and conserve water from the river.

Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin could reduce the amount of water delivered during spring runoff to a third of normal, according to federal forecasters.

With one of the worst snowpacks on record and persistently warm temperatures, Colorado is weighing an early activation of its Drought Task Force. The task force would pull together state agencies to ...

For over 40 years, the U.S. Forest Service has been monitoring high-altitude mountain lakes in Colorado to track the environmental impacts of human-caused pollutants and climate changes in delicate ...

A lack of overall snowpack and expanding drought conditions are still leading to a below normal runoff forecast for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal government plan to manage water shortages on the Colorado River could dry up the Central Arizona Project Canal and "wipe ...

The seven Colorado River states were unable to agree on how to manage the river and its major reservoirs by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Feb. 14 deadline. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time Saturday to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages. Arizona Gov.