Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’d be hard-pressed to find a part of the Pacific Northwest that’s more important than the Columbia River basin. Fed by the ...

Following the Colorado River Basin states’ failure to reach an agreement, the future of the river and management of its two critical reservoirs now rest in the hands of the federal government. ...

The seven states have missed two deadlines for reaching an agreement on how to share and conserve water from the river.

Breaking from Lower Basin pact, Nevada pitches emergency Colorado River stopgap plan ...

The drought shows why the seven states that share the river must reach a long-term agreement on water use, department officials said. The Interior Department on Friday forecast continued dry times ...