Federal officials announced Aug. 15 they would continue water allocation cuts on the Colorado River for the fifth consecutive ...

Nevada, the driest state in the nation, is only getting drier as the region’s supply of groundwater quickly disappears.

Utah and the six other states along the Colorado River are in the middle of negotiating new agreements governing the Colorado River.

Additional action to save Lake Powell is almost certain to come in September 2025, at exactly the worst time for the Colorado River.

New data from the Bureau of Reclamation puts the river and its reservoirs in formal shortage conditions. Policymakers are ...

The simplest way to understand a heat pump is that it uses electricity to gather heat from one place and move it to another.

A dozen newspapers in Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again after buyers stepped in to keep the communities from ...

A panel of federal appellate judges has ruled that New Mexico’s seven-day waiting period on gun purchases likely infringes on citizens’ Second Amendment rights.

Las Vegas faces extreme heat with advisories in effect, and potential monsoonal moisture bringing thunderstorms later in the ...

The California fast food chain is now in nine states with two more on the way as its expansion into Tennessee nears.

The Mojave Desert tortoise has long been considered a threatened species, but in June, California declared it endangered.

Abandoned vessels can linger in waterways for years, polluting ecosystems and complicating navigation. A new initiative is ...