System will study headwaters of the Colorado to gauge stream flow, soil moisture, evaporation
By Luke Runyon | Monday, Dec. 9, 2019
GREELEY, Colo. – A new high-tech monitoring program is set to take shape in the headwaters of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers.
Senators grill military chiefs over private housing ‘slumlords’ on bases
By Megan U. Boyanton | Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers grilled military branch heads over poor living conditions in privately managed military housing complexes, with Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., comparing the private operators to "slumlords," as a new GAO report showed deep problems with program oversight.
Historically left out of Western water talks, tribes intend to have greater influence in future
By Luke Runyon | Friday, Nov. 29, 2019
GREELEY, Colo. – Native American tribes have senior rights to about 20% of the water in the Colorado River Basin, but they aren’t using all of it. Some tribal leaders say they intend to exert those water rights, which would have repercussions throughout the Southwest.
Water transfer from Colorado River to central Arizona faces stiff opposition
By Bret Jaspers | Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019
PHOENIX - Queen Creek wants to buy an annual entitlement to Colorado River water from a farming and investment company that owns land in far west La Paz County. The proposed water transfer is already drawing criticism and concern.
Bluegreen Vacations 500 reflects popularity of NASCAR in Arizona, host of 2020 championship
By Erica Block and Stephanie Bates | Friday, Nov. 15, 2019
AVONDALE – Although thousands of people in the Valley flocked to ISM Raceway over the weekend to cheer on their favorite drivers, the Bluegreen Vacations 500 drew just as many people from outside Arizona.
Pinal County’s future water shortfall leaves some developers in limbo today
By Bret Jaspers | Monday, Nov. 11, 2019
PHOENIX – A new model from the Arizona Department of Water Resources for Pinal County predicts that demand for water will outstrip availability over the next 100 years, leaving some developers wondering whether they can build at all.
Arizona’s groundwater replenishment program facing an uncertain future
By Bret Jaspers | Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
PHOENIX – A new report by Arizona State University reveals concerns over how a key water management tool could work for ensuring there’s water for future development.
Climate whiplash: Four Corners residents and ranchers adapting to weather extremes
By Luke Runyon | Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
MANCOS, Colorado – Too hot and dry one season, too wet the next. That’s the predicament ranchers in the Four Corners area are facing, and they’re searching for ways to adapt.
Senate approves Arizonan Barrett as fourth female Air Force secretary
By Lindsay Walker | Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm Arizona businesswoman Barbara Barrett as the next Air Force secretary, one day after brushing aside an attempt to stall her nomination over Air Force use of Trump hotels for official business.
Volker resigns from McCain Institute, says impeachment testimony ‘becoming a distraction’
By Kailey Broussard and Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
WASHINGTON - A day after he spent 10 hours before House committees that are pressing an impeachment inquiry of the president, Kurt Volker told staff Friday at the McCain Institute for International Leadership that he is still their executive director - but for how much longer remains unclear.
Volker steps down from State Department role, stays at McCain Institute
By Vandana Ravikumar | Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
WASHINGTON - Kurt Volker is still serving as executive director of the McCain Institute, after resigning as U.S. special envoy for Ukraine when his name surfaced last week in a whistleblower's report on President Donald Trump's dealings with that country.
Utah rolls back hydroelectric power plans for Lake Powell pipeline
By Nate Heygi | Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
SALT LAKE CITY – The proposed 140-mile pipeline would have pumped water from Lake Powell into southeastern Utah to St. George. Utah officials are scaling the plan back because of environmental concerns.