1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (556+ words) This op-ed by Daniel M. Frey appeared on BigPivots.com on August 30, 2026. Forty million people depend on the Colorado River. Some of its largest cities are facing real shortages. Yet nearly half of the water put to human use in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1560+ words) Brad Udall is known far and wide as a prophet of doom about the Colorado River. So why the optimism provoked by last week’s federal marching orders? “I think we can solve this. I really do,” Udall said in a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (739+ words) The news media has a duty to warn us about changes in the world, but sometimes uses words like “plummeted” to describe a situation that evolved over a period of 30 years. From PBS.org, August 8, 2026: Lake Mead, the largest reservoir…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (416+ words) This story by Hank Lacey appeared on Colorado Newsline on July 15, 2026. 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…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1646+ words) By Mark Olalde, ProPublica and Alex Hager, KJZZ News-Phoenix, July 3, 2026. This story was originally published by ProPublica. It was co-published with KJZZ News-Phoenix. A deal to bring Colorado River water to Native American communities in northern Arizona, where a third…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (564+ words) This story by Alixel Cabrera appeared on the Utah News Dispatch on May 21, 2026. With a newly established Mountain West Geothermal Consortium, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico are joining forces to tap what could be hundreds of gigawatts of always…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (500+ words) Reportedly, the Colorado River negotiations have not been going as smoothly as everyone wishes, and at least one negotiator has mentioned the idea of hiring a marriage counselor. A headline on the Las Vegas Review-Journal suggests: “States seek a ‘marriage…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (668+ words) Pagosa Daily Post For too long, firefighting has ranked among the most hazardous professions — shaped by split-second decisions and constant vulnerability to life-threatening situations. Primarily, each call thrusts responders into unpredictable environments where risks can arise suddenly and without warning....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1598+ words) This story by Allen Best appeared on BigPivots.com on April 8, 2026. Just what we need in Colorado, an El Niño that could cause a hotter-than-average summer for the Western United States and other parts of the globe, continuing into 2027. Risk…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (884+ words) A Pagosa resident recently posted the following comments on social media. “This report tells an uncomfortable truth: many regions are living beyond their hydrological means, and many critical water systems are already bankrupt,” says lead author Kaveh Madani, Director of…...