FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a Colorado River drought plan (all times local): 3 p.m. A California irrigation district that has the largest entitlement to Colorado River water says it doesn’t support proposed federal legislation to implement a multi-state drought plan. The Imperial Irrigation District says language in […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The agency responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians has received funding to continue planning for and building facilities in New Mexico and Arizona. The Gallup Independent reports that Indian Health Service Navajo Area spokeswoman Jenny Notah said Thursday that Congress appropriated about $218 million […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a Colorado River drought plan (all times local): 3:30 p.m. The U.S. government says seven Western states that rely on the Colorado River have completed their work on a plan to protect the waterway amid a prolonged drought. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the last day of Utah’s legislative session (all times local): 11:20 p.m. The Utah Legislature is ending its session after passing a record 573 bills, including allowances for more alcohol in beer, an abortion ban that could be among the strictest in […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Another federal deadline passed Monday for seven states in the U.S. West to wrap up work on a plan to ensure the drought-stricken Colorado River can deliver water to the 40 million people and farms that depend on it. The states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parker Van Dyke may not start but he picked up right where he left off. One game after capping a 23-point second-half comeback with a buzzer-beater at UCLA, Van Dyke made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points and Jayce Johnson also set a […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Koch brothers-funded group is sending young immigrants to lobby Congress to push for immigration reform and money for border security initiatives. The LIBRE Initiative announced last well it is sending immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally who now have temporary protective status to Washington to […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has published a notice that would let Western governors weigh in on how to manage the shrinking Colorado River. The public comment period will start March 4 unless all seven states that rely on the river approve drought contingency plans. Reclamation […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on winter weather across the U.S. West (all times local): 1:25 p.m. A long stretch of Interstate 80 that had been closed for two days due to blizzard conditions in California’s Sierra Nevada has reopened as a fierce winter storm moves east. Still, travel […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Winter weather closed schools and disrupted travel across much of the West, with ice and snow stretching from Seattle to Arizona. The Pacific Northwest shivered Tuesday under colder-than-normal conditions as snow and treacherous conditions led to another day of school closures. Winter weather also disrupted parts of […]
