The Colorado River's flow projections already looked bleak as March began. A regional heatwave has worsened them.

The Colorado River system’s immediate outlook got even worse this week when federal forecasters downgraded the expected ...

Forecasts keep going from bad to worse for water in the West, and a new report released Friday brought more bad news for the ...

We are two and a half decades into the Southwest’s most severe drought of the last 1,200 years, and this winter’s snow dearth ...

Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents who are engaged with and passionate about local ...

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

Documenting the Colorado River, Pete McBride's photography reflects on the drought and its impact on this vital water source.

In late May, as the outside temperature approached 100 degrees, Arizona’s top water policy officials gathered in an air-conditioned Phoenix conference room. Their purpose that day was to decide ...

The Colorado River keeps pace beside you, carving its steady line through stone, while sheer canyon walls rise high enough to ...

Low snowpack in the Colorado River headwaters threatens hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam, where water levels continue to drop. The low levels also threaten fish. Dam managers plan to bypass ...

Jon Ewert, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologist, gave a “State of the Fish” presentation March 16 in Silverthorne.

Hydropower output at Hoover Dam is down by about half since 2000. Lakes Mead and Powell are approaching critical thresholds below which hydropower generation would be severely curtailed or cease.