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Mountain West desert communities join forces to discuss extreme heat response
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (442+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 25 seconds The El Ni'o weather pattern is forecast to bring a hotter-than-typical summer. During a Heat Summit this week in Las Vegas, officials from the city of Las Vegas, Clark County and non-profit leaders met to discuss…...
Savannah Guthrie returns to her anchor seat as her mother's abduction case remains unsolved
4+ week, 15+ hour ago (95+ words) KSUT Public Radio Savannah Guthrie returns to her anchor seat as her mother's abduction case remains unsolved Television host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional return to The Today Show this week, more than two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie,…...
Colorado Water Commissioner: The window is closing for a negotiated Colorado River settlement
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (661+ words) You don't have to be a rocket scientist (or a hydrologist, for that matter) to recognize that water is going to be in short supply throughout the Colorado River Basin this year. In southwest Colorado, the San Juan Mountains are…...
Arizona water department secures law firm for potential Colorado River legal fights
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (171+ words) The Arizona Department of Water Resources is gearing up for a legal fight over Colorado River negotiations and has hired a law firm to represent the state. Arizona is among seven states negotiating for its future share of Colorado River…...
House bill to prevent sexual abuse in jails advances at Colorado Legislature
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (677+ words) Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual abuse. Three alleged victims in a sexual gratification case against a former La Plata County Jail commander testified in front of the Colorado House Judiciary Committee on March 11, 2026. They have been leading…...
Feds publish possible playbook for managing dwindling Colorado River supply
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (430+ words) The federal agency overseeing the water supply for tens of millions of people in the West has published a list of options for how it might manage the drought-stricken Colorado River in the future. The five proposals range from taking…...
Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project is on track for completion at the end of 2029
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) An estimated 30% of the 170, 000 people living on the Navajo Nation do not have access to clean drinking water. Historically, tribal water rights and federal and state governments have undergone decades of litigation to settle their water rights. The 1922 Colorado River…...
A wildfire destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge. It burned down once before
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1081+ words) A raging wildfire has destroyed dozens of structures in Grand Canyon National Park, including a beloved historic lodge that was already rebuilt once after burning down nearly a century ago. For decades, the Grand Canyon Lodge and its surrounding cabins…...