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Colorado River Basin

  • FEATURE: The Colorado River has a problem. Too much demand for water, and not enough supply. Right now, the seven states that decide its future are stuck in disagreement about HOW to cut back. KUNC’s Alex Hager and KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny explain how today’s tensions are rooted in three words from a hundred years ago.
  • The Club Q attack in Colorado Springs was the 13th mass shooting in the state this year, according to information from the Colorado Sun. The city of Durango will pay just over $3,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the city of failing to properly notice an executive session and improperly denying an open records request, reports the Durango Herald. he City of Delta entertained the possibility of allowing retail marijuana in the town during a recent city council work session, reports the Delta County Independent. Four states along the Colorado River are getting closer to finalizing details of a program to pay water users to conserve.
  • Many states in the region have banned abortion. But in Colorado, providers are seeing a sharp rise in demand from out-of-state patients, including some who are in desperate situations. And, as negotiations continue in the Colorado River basin, a group of tribes is asking for more of a voice about conserving the river’s water amid historic drought.
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