Colorado River Basin

KDNK news reporter Hattison Rensberry brings listeners news about the Colorado River Upper Basin, local housing options that may be in the near future, and an audio obituary for Wick Moses

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 Morgan Neely has Friday's news, including the director of High Rockies Harm Reduction reacting to Garfield County Commissioners' comments that harm reduction is "enabling" — comments that some in the community have called "insenstive" and even "heartless."

KDNK's Morgan Neely has Wednesday's news, including Colorado beginning to distribute funds from pharmaceutical companies as part of legal settlements related to the opioid crisis. Also, we speak with a group of Future Farmers of America students who made the trip from Olathe to Rifle for a wolf reintroduction meeting.

Six of the seven states that use water from the Colorado River proposed a way for the federal government to cut back on water use and protect dropping water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

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

As the West grapples with a long-running drought, a new report suggests states across the region can be doing a lot more to improve water efficiency and conservation.

Heavy rain and snow could provide a boost to the Colorado River, where the nation's largest reservoirs are shrinking due to 23 years of drought and steady demand. But climate scientists warn that it will take more than one wet winter to end the drought.

The Interior Department is spending nearly $85 million to help communities in the West tackle challenges brought on by drought, and many of the projects are in the Mountain West.

The Department of the Interior designated $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for drought mitigation in the Colorado River basin.