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 ...

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 ...

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.

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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 ...