infrastructure

In Palisade’s Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, farmers are finding ways to conserve Colorado River water through hydropower and partnerships—even as aging canals and frozen federal funds pose challenges.

A remote area of the Navajo Nation in southeast Utah is celebrating a long-awaited milestone — access to running water for the first time.

The Lower Basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada are asking for a fresh look at proposals for sharing the shrinking water supply and changes to Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam.

Republican Heidi Ganahl has picked a running mate in her campaign for the Colorado governor’s office. And the Navajo Nation Council signed a historic funding bill on Friday.

Tribal communities will receive one-point-seven-billion dollars from the Department of the Interior to develop water infrastructure projects. And the town of Rico is holding two public meetings this week on the town’s program to clean up lead contamination in the soil.

$13 billion is headed to tribal communities from the recently-passed federal infrastructure bill, for addressing water projects, water rights settlements, and healthcare; The federal government also announced it plans to meet directly with tribes this month to figure out how to best implement the funds.

The humpback chub, an important fish species in the Colorado River basin, moved off the endangered list last week, and is now considered threatened; A $25 million road project has been approved by the Navajo Nation Council for the Shiprock, NM area.

A bipartisan infrastructure bill is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk after passage in the house last week, and some of the funding will be designated for the Colorado River basin; Southwest Health System will be holding a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Saturday for children ages 5 to 11.

A first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant is coming to Wyoming. That was the news announced last month by Governor Mark Gordon and the leaders of two major…

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most support the plan, but three-quarters of Republicans do not. "Listen to your constituents," President Biden says, but that may mean little to no GOP votes.