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Opinion: When it comes to sharing the Colorado River, Lower Basin states must step up and make hard decisions
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (393+ words) When the Colorado River first filled the country's largest reservoirs decades ago, it ushered in a century of optimism in the West. We planned for abundance. Today, more than 40 million people across seven states, 30 Tribal Nations and two countries rely…...
Chief of new Wildland Fire Service confident in "unified response" to wildfire threat despite deaths of 3 firefighters
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (681+ words) FRUITA " Despite losing three firefighters in the beginning of what is promising to be a very active fire year, Brian Fennessy, director of the newly created U. S. Department of Interior's Wildland Fire Service, said he has confidence in the new agency....
Officials ID three federal firefighters killed in Mesa County fighting Snyder fire
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (162+ words) Federal wildland fire officials have released the identities of three firefighters who were killed Saturday while responding to a massive wind-driven wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border. Emily Barker, 38, of Michigan, Nick Hutcherson, 27, of Arizona, and Sydney Watson, 26, of Alabama, were…...
Trump administration releases $40 million for historic Colorado River water rights purchase
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (847+ words) In a major win for the Western Slope, the Trump administration released $40 million in funding for the purchase of powerful historic water rights on the Colorado River tied to the Shoshone Power Plant. Days later, the Trump administration froze the…...
A 3-person team tracks ICE activity on the I-70 mountain corridor
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1851+ words) Editor's note: This story is the second installment in a series about the people helping immigrants in the face of elevated ICE activity across Colorado. Previously: At bus stops across Durango, these volunteers try to shield families from ICE The…...
Revegetation bill will shape how Colorado cities buy-and-dry farm water
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (614+ words) Southeastern Colorado's farmers and farming communities say they've won valuable protections against the historic worst practices of cities' "buy and dry" of agricultural water, after final passage of revegetation requirements along the Lower Arkansas River that may spread to other…...
Colorado's lakes, reservoirs won't have enough water for most kinds of boating this summer
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1085+ words) Peggy Bailey doesn't view Lake Dillon as a place to just gather a few rays. It's a lifestyle." Barr Lake "The reservoir started the season at full capacity and is not anticipating any closures until July at the earliest." Cherry…...
Feds release $47 million for Colorado water projects after long delay
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (649+ words) The Trump administration will release $47 million in long-awaited federal funding for four Colorado water projects aiming to fight the Colorado River Basin's prolonged drought. The Biden administration promised Coloradans up to $152 million in January 2025 to restore ecosystems, repair infrastructure and…...
It's hantavirus season in Colorado. Here's why that's not as scary as the cruise ship outbreak.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (572+ words) As U. S. citizens aboard a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship make their way to special containment units in Nebraska and Georgia for quarantine, Colorado health officials say they are not expecting anyone connected to the ship outbreak to arrive here. "Colorado is not…...
Lake Powell forecast to receive 13% of its usual flows, new report shows
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (594+ words) Lake Powell, one of the Colorado River's most important reservoirs, is set to receive 13% of its normal spring runoff, the lowest amount from upstream snowmelt on record, according to a federal forecast Thursday. The expected record-low inflows won't help." If…...