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America’s largest homebuilder is buying a water resources company with holdings throughout the Colorado River Basin. And the city of Moab has hired a new police chief after eight tumultuous months.

The U.S. Department of the Interior is considering emergency cutbacks to water supplies for Arizona, California, and Nevada. And the Colorado Health Foundation has awarded a grant to the Ute Mountain Ute tribe to provide high-speed internet to tribal members.

The Utah Legislature passed a lengthy election security bill last week.

Colorado lawmakers are advancing a measure to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco. And Vail Resorts announced it will increase its minimum wage next winter to $20 per hour at its North American resorts.

March 22nd is National Ag Day, evaluation of the 50-year-old Clean Water Act shows limited progress in protecting U.S. waters from pollution, a highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread across the country, and the Sunlight Protection Act gets mixed reactions from farmers.

A report released Monday says Lake Powell has lost four percent of its storage capacity since 1986. And federal funding for a central sewer system in Rico was approved by Congress, although there are concerns the town won’t meet the deadline to use them.

Colorado Democrats are sending Governor Jared Polis a bill that aims to protect unrestricted access to abortions. And troubles continue for Mind Springs Health, which provides behavioral health services in ten counties on the west slope.

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to ban people from openly carrying guns near polling places. And the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and others are suing the state of Utah over the new Congressional map.

A Telluride was killed by an avalanche while snowboarding in the backcountry this week.

The Colorado senate has started debating a bill aiming to prevent fentanyl overdoses. The City of Cortez has a new city council and mayor. And, looking at water conditions as summer approaches, the picture across the Southwest doesn’t look good.