A top California water official offers an inside look as the Trump administration referees a Colorado River stalemate.

State leaders gathered in Washington amid threats of lawsuits over a diminishing water supply. They reported mixed progress.

Drought-stricken Lake Mead on the Colorado River in August 2022. (File photo by Christopher Clark/U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...

Two California men drowned while swimming in the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border over the weekend, authorities said. The deadly accident was first reported about 2:15 p.m. Sunday on ...

Talks among seven states on Colorado River water cutbacks have hit a wall. The Trump administration summoned governors to ...

The clock is ticking down to a federal deadline Tuesday for California and six other Western states to reach the broad strokes of a deal portioning out supplies from the parched Colorado River.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colorado River water flows in the Central Arizona Project aqueduct beside a neighborhood in Phoenix. (Kelvin Kuo / Los Angeles ...

Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing against a federal deadline to agree on a plan for managing the river's water supply. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has set Tuesday as the ...