Latest Colorado River News
Utah approves more money for farmers to save water and send it downstream
12-09-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — More money is headed to farmers in the Colorado River Basin, paying them to not grow as many crops and send the water they
Utah paid farmers to leave water in the Colorado River. Here’s how it’s going
12-09-2025 by David Condos
Kevin Cotner grows alfalfa in Carbon County. But this year, around a third of his family’s farmland hasn’t grown anything. “It's burnt,” h
Federal money is still in Trump limbo. Rural Utah is antsy about its water projects
12-09-2025 by David Condos
Price Mayor Michael Kourianos drew an imaginary line in the air between two scrubby desert hills. His hand traced the path of a planned 10
How Colorado River talks will affect Utahns and millions more across the Southwest
12-04-2025 by Brooke Larsen
States are in tense negotiations over the future of the drought-ridden river. What they decide will affect cities, tribes and farmers across
As states negotiate a new Colorado River deal, water cuts could be coming to Utah
11-13-2025 by Ben Winslow
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's chief negotiator over the Colorado River says progress has been made in coming up with a new agreement to manage the
New plan for Colorado River is still murky as states pass by early deadline
11-13-2025 by Annie Knox
States agree they need a long-term solution but other points of consensus are unclear Utahns hoping for clarity on the government’s next m
Colorado River talks stall as Utah, other states miss key deadline
11-12-2025 by Brooke Larsen
Current guidelines for the water supply for 40 million people expire at the end of 2026. Utah and the six other states that rely upon the
No deal, but states agree to keep talking in Colorado River negotiations
11-12-2025 by Ben Winslow
Colorado River: States miss their deadline on a deal, but they’re still talking
11-12-2025 by Annie Knox
Colorado River water shortages threaten to curtail Utah towns and farmers
11-11-2025 by Thys Reynolds
Utah's negotiator over the Colorado River says deal may be closer
11-07-2025 by Ben Winslow
5 things to know as the clock runs down on Colorado River talks
11-07-2025 by Annie Knox
Trump’s Colorado River deadline is almost here. Is Utah ready for cuts?
11-05-2025 by David Condos
Deadline closing in for Utah and 6 other states hammering out a new water plan
10-31-2025 by Annie Knox
Utah may be forced to cut water rights if no Colorado River deal is reached
10-31-2025 by Ben Winslow
Utah Supreme Court rejects Colorado River water pipeline project
10-23-2025 by Ben Winslow
Utah now runs the world's largest remote-controlled cloud seeding program
10-09-2025 by Ben Winslow
‘No water available’: Coalition warns Colorado River could drop to critical lows, calls for nine urgent reforms
10-09-2025 by Andrew Christiansen and Brooke Larsen
Paying farmers proves most cost-effective way to conserve Colorado River, study says
10-07-2025 by Jennifer Solis
Environmental groups' study calls for deep cuts to Colorado River water
10-02-2025 by Ben Winslow
As Colorado River sees more cuts, Utah leaders feel pressure to strike a deal
08-20-2025 by Ben Winslow
As aquifer levels drop amid drought, Cedar City asks residents to conserve
08-06-2025 by Alysha Lundgren
One Utah man’s quest to track the bugs fighting invasive trees on the Colorado River
08-04-2025 by David Condos
Navajo Nation pushes for water rights as Colorado River shrinks
07-29-2025 by Stephanie DeGraw
Utah has water problems now. What if the megadrought lasts another 25 years?
07-29-2025 by David Condos
To help Washington County with water, a $1.3 billion project is proposed
06-30-2025 by Ben Winslow
Here's how drought affects fish — and what anglers can do about it
06-26-2025 by Duck Thurgood
Sen. Curtis staffer among those trapped on Colorado River during official trip
06-12-2025 by Ben Winslow
Alfalfa farm's big experiment could help Utah's water situation and the Great Salt Lake
06-03-2025 by Ben Winslow
Funding for water and wildlife conservation in Utah now on Trump’s list of budget cuts
05-09-2025 by Kyle Dunphey
Trump proposes deep budget cut to Utah water project, potentially impacting millions
05-09-2025 by Ben Winslow
Dust is speeding up snowmelt in the Colorado River, University of Utah study finds
04-28-2025 by Kyle Dunphey
UCLA says Utah lags on recycling wastewater. That’s not how the state sees it
04-25-2025 by David Condos
U of U study examines impact of dust on snowmelt in Colorado River Basin
04-24-2025 by Mariah Maynes
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