Blue Mesa Reservoir

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news on books and politics from the Mountain West

Gunnison Valley resident Shelley Read's debut novel is set against the backdrop of Iola, the town that was flooded to make way for Blue Mesa Reservoir.

Emergency water releases from reservoirs upstream of Lake Powell are underway to preserve the nation’s second-largest reservoir’s ability to generate hydroelectric power.

Blue-Green Algae blooms in parts of Blue Mesa Reservoir, 20 miles west of Gunnison, are producing unhealthy levels of cyanotoxins. KBUT’s Christopher…