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4th Congressional District candidates Rep. Burgess Owens (R) and Darlene McDonald (D) debate just 11 days before election day

October 29, 2022 12:00 AM
Fourth Congressional District candidates Rep. Burgess Owens (R) and Darlene McDonald (D) met on Oct. 28 to debate each other for the first time.
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Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

July 06, 2022 12:00 AM
DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn’t belong there. “Give me a call when you get this!” he messaged a colleague, snapping photos.
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Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter

August 15, 2019 12:00 AM
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Snow swamped mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire restrictions unnecessary. But the wet weather can be misleading.
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Farmers turn to tech as key river in US West faces distress

August 13, 2019 12:00 AM
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day.
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Lake Powell's water levels on the rise — for now

June 04, 2019 12:00 AM
Lake Powell's water levels have risen 16 feet in the last month. (Andy Pernick, Bureau of Reclamation/Flickr)
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