Regional

Water falls to extremely low levels at Lake Mead amid drought

Reservoir is now below 30% of capacity

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A San Luis Valley farm stops growing food to save a shrinking water supply

Proposed conservation deal on 1,800 acres might be first of its kind in the country

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Man charged for alleged threat against elections official

DENVER – A man who allegedly made a threatening phone call against Colorado’s top elections official has been charged with retaliating against an elected official, prosecutors said Friday. ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado voters may decide whether to legalize psychedelic mushrooms this fall

A measure to allow for cultivation and use is one step away from making November ballot

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado will not cooperate with other states’ abortion investigations

Polis signs executive order protecting people who seek abortions and those who provide them

DATE: Jul 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. Polis issues order to protect abortion access

DENVER – Gov. Jared Polis barred state agencies Wednesday from arresting or extraditing anyone seeking or providing reproductive care in Colorado, where the right to abortion was codified in...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

DENVER – 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 Co...

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado funeral home owner pleads guilty in body sales case

Megan Hess faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison

DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Unaffiliated voters cast more GOP ballots than Republicans in some counties

GOP primaries were more competitive, which may be why more people voted in those races

DATE: Jul 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Official: Colorado River cuts should be made by Arizona, Nevada and California

States have two months to drastically reduce water use or face federal intervention

DATE: Jul 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse

A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its water

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS – A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona. The Higgins landing craft that has long bee...

DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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