By Nick Peters A February deadline for determining future operating guidelines for the West’s two largest reservoirs came and went with no agreement on the table and clear lines drawn in the sand. A ...

Breaking from Lower Basin pact, Nevada pitches emergency Colorado River stopgap plan ...

One day before the deadline, states in the Upper Colorado River Basin reached consensus on how to manage water rights and dwindling resources moving forward, but the Lower Basin states rejected the ...

Negotiators from seven states must tell the federal government on Tuesday whether they’ve made progress on an agreement to divide up water from the Colorado River. The river supplies drinking water ...

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 ...

Following the Colorado River Basin states’ failure to reach an agreement, the future of the river and management of its two critical reservoirs now rest in the hands of the federal government.

MOAB, Utah — The governors of the Colorado River Basin states confirmed no deal had been reached to manage the river that supplies water to more than 40 million people. It is the second time the ...

“They’re asking me to give up the future we were promised and to make promises that I can’t keep,” a Wyoming official said. Disagreements over whether states in the Colorado River Basin should agree ...

Utah River Commissioner Gene Shawcroft said the Lower Basin states, and particularly Arizona, have been "untruthful." ...

With the Feb. 14 deadline looming, the seven states in the Colorado River Basin failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the river after the 2026 operating guidelines expire later this year. John ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day before the deadline, states in the Upper Colorado River Basin reached consensus on how to manage water rights and ...