Federal officials gave the clearest timeline yet for when a breakthrough could come in closed-door negotiations over the water supply of 40 million Americans. On Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of ...

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An aerial photograph of the end of the Colorado River in Mexico in October 2025. As a Coloradan who grew up skiing, I am alarmed at this year’s lack of snow. But more alarming to me than the missing ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Absent a crucial but elusive consensus among the seven Colorado River states, federal authorities are forging ahead with their own ideas on how to divvy up ...