Colorado River

Senators from the seven states that use water from the Colorado River are convening to discuss its future. Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper created the group as climate change and steady demand are shrinking supplies.

Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the 7-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows.

KDNK’s reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West, including Colorado's performance on a scorecard rating water conservation and draught preparedness.

As drought and steady demand shrink the Colorado River and Lake Powell, Glen Canyon Dam faces an existential threat. It's a rare example of the Southwest's water crisis made visible.

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

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

Water agencies in Southern California have agreed to cut back 400,000 acre-feet each year for four years. The deal between agencies supplying cities and farms comes amid federal pressure to reduce use of the shrinking river.

KDNK's Hattison Rensberry caught up with Bennet in downtown Glenwood Springs to ask him how Climate Bill spending could impact the Western Slope.

States in the Colorado River Basin have failed to meet a federal deadline to conserve an unprecedented amount of water. The lack of consensus on how to wean off the river’s dwindling supply puts the water source for 40 million in the Southwest in jeopardy.

Lake Powell and Lake Mead are critical reservoirs on the Colorado River.. The dams that create these lakes supply electricity for homes from California to…