The Shoshone water rights shape how Colorado River water flows around Colorado. A proposed change has sparked both broad support and concerns.

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 ...

The Colorado Water Conservation Board unanimously approved a proposal on Wednesday to protect two major water rights on the Colorado River, inching a decades-long dream of Western Slope water users ...

Western Slope elected officials, water managers, engineers and conservationists met in Grand Junction on Friday, Oct. 3, all focused on one thing: the uncertain future of the Colorado River. “Water ...

In an effort to head off concerns about the state’s role in a major Western Slope water deal, a Western Slope water district has offered up a compromise proposal to Front Range water providers. In ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A yearslong effort to purchase two of the most powerful water rights on the Colorado River has cleared another hurdle after the state water board agreed to ...

A state board on Wednesday agreed to a Colorado River District proposal for the board to accept an interest in the Shoshone hydroelectric power plant water rights for instream flow use, a key ...

In a historic move made Wednesday evening, the state water board voted unanimously to accept water rights tied to the Shoshone hydropower plant, a major step toward securing those flows in perpetuity ...

Two more Western Slope communities have committed funding toward the Colorado River District’s $99 million acquisition of the Shoshone water rights. The town of Breckenridge pledged $100,000, and the ...

The battle over one of the Colorado River’s oldest, non-consumptive water rights continued this week during a 14-hour Colorado Water Conservation Board hearing over whether the rights could be used ...