Water

Mancos water district continues reservoir title transfer

This summer, the Mancos Water Conservancy District has continued investigating a possible title transfer for the Jackson Gulch Project, Superintendent…

September 7, 2016

Documentary offers a sharp look at the West’s water crisis

In ‘Killing the Colorado,’ people, not nature, are responsible for shortages

August 30, 2016

Ignacio oil operator cited for pipeline that leaked into Ute Creek

March spill leaked chemical fluids into a tributary of the Los Pinos River

July 18, 2016

Business

New Mexico sues Colorado over Gold King Mine spill

Colorado attorney general: Lawsuit doesn’t help cleanup

June 26, 2016

Local News

How Arizona fends off threats to its water

Republican Gov. Ducey is sticking by regulations and negotiating deals

June 22, 2016

Local News

Study finds surprising source of Colorado River water supply

More than half of the rivers in the Upper Colorado Basin originate as groundwater, USGS says

June 22, 2016

Local News

Mancos district prepares to lease Jackson Gulch water

Officials checking on residents’ needs

June 22, 2016

Local News

How the BLM is overhauling land-use planning

Agency increases public involvement

June 15, 2016

Business

Economic adviser will help Silverton through mine cleanup

2-year grant will help fund position during mine cleanup

May 22, 2016

Local News

Response to Superfund is thin despite early frenzy

Flood of convictions subsides to trickle of concerns

May 6, 2016

Local News

Firefighters predict mild fire season for Colorado

Outlook based on computer models

April 28, 2016

Local News

Snowpack melting fast, despite April storms

Melt could upset reservoir management

April 28, 2016

Local News

Legislature kills bill benefiting ranchers and farmers

Measure helped producers in water appeals

April 28, 2016

Local News

Water storage bill advances in Colorado Legislature

Measure would authorize study, storage of South Platte River

April 13, 2016

Local News

Rain-barrel exemption headed to governor to become law

A bill that makes it clear that household rain barrels are legal in Colorado is on the way to the…

April 4, 2016

Local News

Puffer cars with switches to become legal in August

Denver Post Coloradans who can afford a car with a remote ignition switch have a legal right to warm seat…

April 4, 2016

Local News

Rain barrels bill goes to full Colorado Senate

Measure would OK rainwater collection

March 31, 2016

Local News

Lawsuit filed on Dolores River standard

SW Water Conservation takes state to court over river flow

March 30, 2016

Local News

Gov. Hickenlooper seeks action on mine cleanups

‘Time is now’ to move on West’s abandon, leaking hard-rock mining sites

March 29, 2016

Local News

Clouds again hang over rain barrel bill in Colorado Legislature

Committee chairman delays vote amid water-rights concerns

March 27, 2016

Local News

Obama administration calls for long-term drought policies

Colorado’s water innovation partnership highlighted during summit in D.C.

March 27, 2016

Local News

Mancos pursues title transfer of Jackson Gulch Reservoir

Jackson Gulch process would take 6 to 12 years, superintendent says

March 16, 2016

Local News

Bill in Colorado Legislature would analyze water lost to Nebraska

Study would consider reservoir on South Platte River

March 14, 2016

Local News

El Niño turns Death Valley into ‘a valley of life’

El Niño transforms hellish Death Valley into ‘a valley of life’

March 9, 2016