Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by the federal government to stave off crisis in the beleaguered waterway, which serves as a crucial source of water for more than 40 million people in seven Western states. The proposal from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation … Read more
The Colorado River, a lifeline for the American West, is now a line in the sand dividing seven states that can’t agree how to share the shrinking water supply. After years of failed talks, the federal government is now poised to impose sweeping cuts. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source link
A deepening water crisis in the Western United States has reached an impasse as disagreement among affected states is grinding progress to a halt, and the well of potential solutions is close to running dry. The nation’s two largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the Colorado River — have fallen to their … Read more
A fourth firefighter has died from burns after he and several colleagues were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border last month, officials said Saturday. Nathan Matthews, 43, died Friday, the federal Interior Department said in a release. He was from Lincoln, Nebraska. “This is another heartbreaking loss for our wildland fire family,” … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Colorado over the offering of in-state tuition and financial aid for illegal immigrants attending public colleges and universities, the latest legal challenge over what critics say amounts to discrimination against U.S. citizens. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Colorado federal court, … Read more
A woman was shot while protesting outside of an ICE detention center in Aurora, Colorado, police say. The employee of a group operating the center faces assault and attempted second-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting. This comes after two fatal shootings by ICE agents in Maine and Texas. Source link
An employee of a group that operates a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment center in Aurora, Colorado, was arrested after police said he shot and wounded a woman Thursday night. The shooting happened near the GEO Group’s Aurora ICE Processing Center on Thursday evening at 3130 Oakland Street. Brandon Booth following his arrest. Aurora … Read more
Two families are suing a local hospital after a Colorado man claimed he and another man were switched at birth 36 years ago. Two years ago, Jeremy Morrison took a DNA test and found out his parents were not his biological parents. He told CBS affiliate KKTV in Colorado Springs that he always felt different from … Read more
GUNNISON, Colo. — An aircraft helping to fight a Colorado wildfire has crashed into a reservoir, killing the pilot, authorities said. The aircraft was reported down Sunday in the Silver Jack Reservoir and the pilot’s body was recovered by divers, the Gunnison County sheriff’s office posted online. The pilot, believed to be the only person … Read more
Dive teams were called to Silver Jack Reservoir in western Colorado on Sunday after a firefighting aircraft went down in the water. The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office hasn’t said if the aircraft was a plane or helicopter. The sheriff’s office said in a news release Sunday night that it appeared there was only one person … Read more