Glenwood Springs City Council voted unanimously to approve $2 million in funding to the Colorado River District as a contribution toward their efforts to purchase the Shoshone water rights during ...

A Western Slope fundraising effort to buy the historic Shoshone hydroelectric plant water rights is now more than half of the way toward succeeding thanks to a $2 million contribution by the City of ...

Two more Western Slope communities have committed funding toward the Colorado River District’s $99 million acquisition of the ...

A historic deal to put a senior water right in the hands of the Colorado River Water Conservation District has been celebrated as a victory for the Western Slope. But Pitkin County officials say there ...

Four major Front Range water providers are concerned that the Colorado River District’s plan to purchase the Shoshone water rights on the Colorado River will cut into their supply, despite the Western ...

Water managers, state and county elected officials and representatives from environmental and recreation organizations all gathered in Glenwood Springs on Tuesday to mark a historic deal intended to ...

A dispute between influential Front Range water providers and a broad swath of the Western Slope over one of the most powerful water rights on the Colorado River will be hashed out in public view ...

The Colorado River Water Conservation District and Xcel agreement will be honored if $98.5 million in funding is secured. The river district committed $20 million; $20 million has been allocated from ...

The state water board will decide next week whether to approve a proposal from the Western Slope that would allow one of the oldest and most powerful water rights on the Colorado River to be used to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A small hydroelectric power plant on the banks of the Colorado River has inspired a unique coalition in a state where water scarcity and politics often pit ...

A historic deal to put a senior water right in the hands of the Colorado River Water Conservation District has been celebrated as a victory for the Western Slope. But Pitkin County officials say there ...