It’s the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have been left increasingly dry by climate ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced at a Wednesday morning press conference a major escalation in the state's simmering conflict with Colorado over water rights: a ...

Nebraska and Colorado have been going back and forth on water rights for well over 100 years in a long and complex history.

After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

A new round of samples shows the Colorado River "positive" overall for zebra mussels, as state officials scramble to contain ...

The cash will allow work in fire-damaged watersheds and the Kawuneeche Valley in Rocky Mountain National Park to continue.

A man from San Diego drowned in the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona, on Saturday after jumping in the water to save two ...

Thirty Indigenous tribes in the Colorado River basin collectively hold rights to 25 percent of the water supply. But the tribes haven’t been able to put all of that water to use due to a lack of ...

As the Colorado River dries up, states can’t agree on saving water. The river’s biggest water user, California, didn’t join six states in a proposal to cut some 2 million acre-feet of usage ...

The long-depleted Colorado River is getting a boost from the largest snowpack since 1997. Rising reservoirs offer some relief amid talks on needed water cuts.

The Colorado River Basin stretches through seven states — Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico — and is a vital source of water and electricity for the American ...

The Perkins County Canal Project has generated tension between the two states since 2022. Attorney General Phil Weiser ...