As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.

Four major Front Range water providers including Denver Water will present concerns about the Colorado River District's purchase of Shoshone Power Plant water rights in a Conservation Board hearing.

States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end up in messy court battles.

Federal officials have mandated that states dependent on the Colorado River reach a water-sharing agreement or face a federally imposed solution. Negotiators are developing a framework for a deal ...

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

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

As the first dam on the Colorado River, Laguna Dam was a turning point in Western development. Completed in 1909, it reshaped water use in the Southwest and paved the way for the 14 dams that ...