On the Wednesday, March 18, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: A critically important source of water for seven western states, the Colorado River is now running out of water. What's the solution?

Lake Mead is not just shrinking it is pulling back far enough to expose things hidden for decades. As the water drops, the lakebed is revealing objects, evidence, and pieces of the past no one ...

The surface of Lake Mead could sink to an unprecedented low within the next two years, as new federal forecasts warn the nation’s largest reservoir could fall well below its previous record amid ...

Lake Mead may be within city boundaries, but Boulder City does not recycle its wastewater. A study is underway to tap into ...

Spokane received some welcome economic news when the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. announced that it planned to restart one of its two idle potlines at the Mead plant.

A $40 billion plan proposes massive desalination plants to save the Colorado River, but critics call it "crazy." ...

Wildlife officials are just weeks away from turning the water on at the Lake Mead Fish Hatchery, a facility that had to abandon raising trout as water levels dropped at the nation's largest reservoir.

Hoover Dam reshaped the Colorado River and powered the Southwest. Nearby Boulder City tells the human story of the families who built the dam.

Rising from Black Canyon in the 1930s, the massive structure tamed the Colorado River, created Lake Mead and helped power a growing Southwest.

A wicked snow drought picked a bad year to plague the West, with the Colorado River already reeling. Arizona's local supplies ...

Summer is coming up fast, but low water levels at one of the biggest vacation spots in the American Southwest could spell problems for tourists. The 161,000-acre Lake Powell is a man-made lake on the ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A confrontation between an armed robbery suspect and a victim openly carrying a firearm ended in gunfire early Sunday morning, leaving one man dead and the suspect in critical ...