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Colorado finds larva of invasive zebra mussel in Colorado River for second year in a row

Check your boats. Clean your gear, wildlife officials say (beg?). Fast-spreading zebra mussels are stinky, expensive to remove and the top priority in Colorado’s invasive species program.

DATE: Jul 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Southern Ute tribal member elected to chair Colorado water policy board in historic first

Lorelei Cloud tapped as board’s first-ever Indigenous chairperson

DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wastewater system fails near Hesperus, sending E. coli into nearby waterway

State health department: Private well users near Pine Winds Mobile Home Park should use bottled or filtered water

DATE: May 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado farmers expect a third of their normal water supply

Some are forecasting a slow year after lackluster snow – and hoping for a rainy spring

DATE: May 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southern Colorado’s ‘dismal’ snowpack has water managers worried

Can storms make up for a dry winter?

DATE: Mar 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Plans for water system upgrade get caught in funding freeze

About 400 water users on the Southern Ute Reservation and in La Plata County depend on the aging system

DATE: Mar 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

17 Colorado environmental projects are in limbo after Trump halts spending

Residents thought they had millions coming their way for projects now, the future is uncertain

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What to ask your real estate agent about water in Colorado

Attorneys, developers and real estate brokers share an inside look at the questions buyers should ask

DATE: Jan 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects

State can currently keep up to $29 million; measure would remove that cap

DATE: Oct 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe sues Colorado over sports betting

Complaint alleges ‘bad faith’ and ‘anti-sovereign’ by state officials

DATE: Jul 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Winter snowpack recedes earlier than usual in Southwest Colorado

Rare, sudden and large melt leaves region with only 6% of peak amount

DATE: May 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cherish that hamburger. It cost a quarter of the Colorado River, according to researchers

The Colorado River has been overused for decades, but no one has known exactly how the water was used — until a team of researchers compiled the most complete accounting of the river’s water

DATE: Apr 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: New Mexico