ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National climate experts have been watching and waiting but El Nino has only been teasing, leaving the American Southwest to hang on longer until the weather pattern develops and brings more moisture to the drought-stricken region. Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction […]
Las Vegas-area water managers have become the first to advance a multi-state drought contingency plan that officials hope will ease the effects of Colorado River water shortages. The Southern Nevada Water Authority board unanimously approved the state’s plan Thursday. It comes ahead of a meeting next month of water users […]
DENVER (AP) — Seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River say they have reached tentative agreements on how to manage the waterway amid an unprecedented drought. The plans announced Tuesday were a milestone for the river, which supports 40 million people and 6,300 square miles (16,300 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Drought conditions have six counties in Utah declaring emergency disasters, with farmers and ranchers among the hardest-hit. KUTV reports Utah’s Drought Review and Reporting Committee met Monday to discuss expanding the emergency disaster area. Mike Styler, the executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 370 structures burned in Utah wildfires so far this year is more than the previous five years combined and the most in the last 15 years. Structures lost to Utah wildfires in the last five years combined would not reach a third of the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials in one northern Utah city say they’re easing back on enforcing a green-lawn ordinance while another is restricting when people can use sprinklers in the summer heat during a low-water year. The Standard-Examiner reported Friday that the Benchland Water District in Farmington has prohibited secondary watering on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parts of Utah have been placed on an excessive heat warning with temperatures expected to approach 109 degrees this week. The National Weather Service said Monday that an excessive heat warning for Utah’s Dixie and Lake Powell area goes into effect Tuesday to Thursday and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and forcing extreme measures to protect them. Federal land managers have begun emergency roundups in the deserts of western Utah and central Nevada. And volunteers in Arizona and Colorado […]
Irrigation water is available in Salina City after the water was shut off earlier in July. According to a post on the Salina City Facebook page, the irrigation pond is now at a safe level to have the water turned back into the lines. A strict watering schedule has been […]
Salina City is turning off the Pressurized Irrigation Water due to lack of water in the pond. The water will remain off until the pond is able to recover. According to a post on the Salina City Facebook page, if and when the water is turned back on, people need […]
