Shannon Mullane

The funding, which has been frozen for a year and a half, totals about a third of what Coloradans requested to make their communities, and the Colorado River Basin, more resilient to drought

The Trump administration will release $47 million in long-awaited federal funding for four Colorado water projects aiming to fight the Colorado River Basin’s prolonged drought.

A flash drought in April left the southeastern Colorado plains dry and primed for fire. Then dry lightning hit, and the Sharpe fire ignited.

In a win for western Colorado, the Trump administration released $40 million for the purchase of powerful Colorado River water rights.

The Colorado Drought Task Force called for an emergency drought proclamation from Gov. Jared Polis to unlock more resources to fight drought.

As drought strains household budgets and mountain town economies, Colorado rafting outfitters urge visitors to come raft the milder flows.

Gov. Jared Polis ghis week issued a statewide drought emergency declaration, potentially freeing up additional state funding for the state's response to record-low snowpack and prolonged warm temperatures across Colorado.

Federal water managers looking for a 20- to 30-year deal are punting with a shorter-term proposal as river negotiations between states continue to flounder

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday issued a statewide drought emergency declaration, potentially freeing up additional state funding.

Ranchers in Colorado are facing drought following a record-low snowpack that melted a month earlier than usual after a heat wave in March.