Cibola, a small town in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, is experiencing a land and water rights conflict as East Coast investment firms, including MassMutual subsidiary Greenstone Management Partners, purchase land in the region. Critics argue that these firms are exploiting Cibola’s limited water resources for profit, especially during a period of...
Arizona Farmers to Bear Brunt of Cuts From Colorado River
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Arizona is prepared to lose about one-fifth of the water the state gets from the Colorado River in what could be the first federally declared shortage in the river that supplies millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico, state officials said Thursday. Arizona stands to...
US West Faces Reckoning Over Water but Avoids Cuts for Now
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The white rings that wrap around two massive lakes in the U.S. West are a stark reminder of how water levels are dropping and a warning that the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River face a much drier future. Amid prolonged drought and...
California Dispute Threatens Plan to Protect Colorado River
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — A dispute between two major California water agencies is threatening to derail a hard-won agreement designed to protect a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. The Imperial Irrigation District, the largest single recipient of Colorado River water, on Tuesday sued a Los Angeles...
US Declares Drought Plan Done for Colorado River
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Seven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought, the federal government declared Tuesday. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman commended Arizona, California, Nevada, New...
Southwestern US States Close to Sealing Drought Deal
LAS VEGAS — Water managers from seven Southwestern states that depend on the Colorado River for drinking and irrigation water are getting closer to finalizing an unprecedented drought contingency plan they may have to enact in 2020, officials said Thursday. The federal government's top water official, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner...
Second South Valley Victim Recovered From Colorado River
UPDATE: 8:20 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 5: The Mohave County Sheriff's Office in Kingman, Arizona, said the body of 24-year-old Kirra Drury of Ventura was located Tuesday afternoon. UPDATE: 11:33 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4: The Mohave County Sheriff's Office announced that the body of Tulare resident Brian Grabowski was recovered Tuesday...
Deadly Colorado River Collision Leaves Heavy Hearts in Tulare County
UPDATE: 11:33 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 4: The Mohave County Sheriff's Office announced that the body of Tulare resident Brian Grabowski was recovered Tuesday morning from the Colorado River, ABC30 reported. Grabowski owns an ocular prosthetics company. His wife, Tabby, was among nine people injured in a deadly collision of two...