Under pressure to strike a compromise on water cuts, and amid talk of litigation, upper-basin states claim the West’s climate-fueled drought limits what they can offer.

Estevan López, New Mexico's water negotiator, said talks resumed March 2, and the upper and lower basin states are using a ...

Critical negotiations about the future of the Colorado River took a two-week hiatus last month after the seven states in the basin missed a key Valentine’s Day deadline for striking a deal, New Mexico ...

One day before the deadline, states in the Upper Colorado River Basin reached consensus on how to manage water rights and dwindling resources moving forward, but the Lower Basin states rejected the ...

PHOENIX – A Feb. 14 deadline came and went without Arizona and the other Colorado River basin states coming to terms on a new operating agreement amid historic drought conditions. One day before the ...

The current Colorado River negotiations process includes all five of the most common sources of conflict in any process seeking compromise.

Following the Colorado River Basin states’ failure to reach an agreement, the future of the river and management of its two critical reservoirs now rest in the hands of the federal government.

The Colorado River's flow projections already looked bleak as March began. A regional heatwave has worsened them.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring runoff to just a third of normal, according ...

With bare mountaintops across the American West, Southern Nevada’s lifeline is in trouble in more ways than one. Update: No deal: Colorado River states wave white flag ahead of Trump admin deadline ...