3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (758+ words) A federal water distribution and management plan may come out soon regarding the Colorado River, a University of Colorado at Boulder water official told The Center Square. The river provides water for agricultural irrigation, hydropower, recreation and municipal supplies throughout…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (440+ words) As negotiations and potential lawsuits over the Colorado River intensify, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation – which is ultimately in charge of managing the river – would be smart to pull back from the high-stakes gambit and take a hard look at the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (512+ words) Broadcast version by Kathryn Carley for Commonwealth News Service reporting for the Grist-Public News Service Collaboration. Solar energy just provided more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time on record — marking a milestone for the rise…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (420+ words) The Wayne N. Aspinall Unit, Colorado’s only stake in a federal hydropower system that sells power across the West, is on pace to generate nearly 30% less electricity than its historical average dating to 1978, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. The shortfall…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (300+ words) An Arizona-based egg producer is among three companies that were fined $1 million and forced to donate more than 3 million eggs as part of a collusion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department. Producers blamed avian flu, but corporate watchdogs with Farm Action…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (791+ words) Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? Adam Annaccone, University of Texas at Arlington Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes? – Althea, age 9, Edmonton, Alberta Bottom of the ninth. Two outs. Bases…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1069+ words) When Dr. Francheska Gurule sees pregnant patients who use drugs or alcohol at the clinic where she works in Albuquerque, she says their “fear has always been very palpable.” As a family doctor board-certified in addiction medicine and working in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (791+ words) A Democratic campaign to ask voters to enshrine the right to vote by mail into the Arizona Constitution has failed to gather enough signatures to make it on the November ballot. The political action committee behind the campaign, Protect the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (249+ words) Three U.S. Wildland Fire Service firefighters were killed Saturday while fighting the Snyder Mesa Fire in Mesa County, and Governor Jared Polis has declared a disaster emergency in response, the Governor’s Office said. The fire has burned more than 28,000 acres. It…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (411+ words) © JJ Gouin - iStock-2074087177 The Florida Supreme Court has declined to suspend the Florida law license of Kenneth Chesebro, convicted in Georgia of filing a false list of electors there to undermine Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Instead, the…...