The Latest Breaking News from Colorado River

A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.

A developer's proposal to build a surfing lagoon in the Coachella Valley desert has been rejected by the city of La Quinta after residents raised concerns about noise, lighting and the resort's substantial water footprint in a time of severe drought.

In a part of the Coachella Valley where exclusive neighborhoods wrap around lush golf courses and ponds, a stretch of open desert could be transformed into a new sort of artificial oasis.

The consequences of drought and efforts to funnel billions of dollars toward securing water supplies in the West are becoming larger issues in two of the most consequential races for the U.S. Senate

A federal system of tunnels and dams known as the San Juan-Chama Project accounts for the bulk of the water New Mexico gets from the Colorado River Basin

As America's large reservoirs on the Colorado River drop to record-low levels, fish are among those suffering the impact

During a summer of soaring heat, shrinking supplies and mandatory drought restrictions, Los Angeles residents conserved water at an impressive pace in August, with that month's usage dropping below a record low set during the previous drought.

A boating and fishing paradise on the Utah-Wyoming line is beginning to feel the effects of the two-decade megadrought gripping the southwestern U.S. Until now, Flaming Gorge Reservoir hasn't seen anything like the low water that has drastically shrunk Lake Mead near Las Vegas and Lake Powell in Arizona and…

Compared to neighboring states, Utah is less dependent on water from the Colorado River

Hualapai tribal land in northwestern Arizona borders 100 miles of the Colorado River, but the tribe can't draw from it

Unlike other states of the Colorado River Basin, Nevada has one main river user: Las Vegas