Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face shortages that were previously unforeseen. The damage was recently detected in four 8-foot-wide steel tubes — called the river outlet works — that allow water to pass through the dam in northern Arizona when Lake Powell reaches low levels. Dam managers spotted deterioration in the tubes after...
If Lake Powell drops to levels where it can no longer produce power, the people who rely on the Colorado River might have much bigger problems than electricity, a memo shows.
More Colorado River water is used to grow a single crop than for drinking water, business needs and industrial uses combined across the seven-state river basin that's home to more than 40 million people, a new analysis has found.
HAZARD, Ky. — Haley Autumn Dawn Ann Crank thinks she might like to become a teacher. There’s a shortage of teachers in this corner of Kentucky, and Crank, who has eight siblings, gets kids. “I just fit in with them,” Crank said during a shift one February day at the Big Blue Smokehouse, where she […]
A Colorado Republican state representative issued an apology after he left his loaded gun in a bathroom in the state’s Capitol building. State Rep. Don Wilson (R) posted a statement dated Wednesday on the social platform X, apologizing for “briefly” leaving his firearm unattended after the building was closed to the public. “I want to
Communities across western Massachusetts have experienced an early wet season and rain this week will add to an already high water table.
Water from the Kansas River might taste a little different compared to your tap.
Union negotiators with Unifor Locals 240 and 673 have reached a tentative deal with GreenShield in Windsor they hope will end the nearly seven-week strike by over 600 workers which began March 1. Details of a ratification meeting were still being finalized Monday, but it’s expected GreenShield’s unionized members will vote on the tentative deal […]
Boy stuck between boulder and vehicle and died by the time he was pulled out
In recent years, an amazing number of sitting and former state House speakers have run into serious legal troubles, and as The Detroit Free Press reported, the list grew a little longer yesterday. The Free Press’ report added that the most serious of the charges, conducting a criminal enterprise, is a felony that could put the former Republican state House speaker behind bars for decades. “Our investigation has uncovered evidence that Lee Chatfield used various different schemes to embezzle,...
While the governor announced there's a conceptual agreement, key officials say they're still negotiating. The governor said she and legislative leaders “have the parameters of a conceptual agreement” on a budget. Leaders say otherwise. [ more › ]
A Colorado state lawmaker on Thursday posted an apology online after earlier this week leaving a loaded firearm in a bathroom at the state Capitol in Denver.State Representative Don Wilson wrote in a statement shared to his account on X, formerly Twitter, that his firearm was "left briefly unattended at the Capitol building" after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday night."I want to be clear that I take full and complete accountability for the incident," Wilson, a Republican, said. "I made a...