It's a mystery that captured national attention. A man's body was found in a barrel at Lake Mead, shot in the head, and thrown in the water as much as 50 years ago. Before investigators can even ...

An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...

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More than 90 years after it was created during the Great Depression, Lake Mead provides about 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada. And while much of the focus is on the lake shrinking, those ...

Bleak projections for Lake Mead show the nation’s largest reservoir dropping to a new low in less than a year and a half, and plunging 11 feet below that by May 2027.

Tens of millions of people rely on water from the nation's largest reservoir, which is part of the Colorado River Basin.

Select Lake Mead facilities will be undergoing repairs on June 26 and 27, according to National Park Service officials.

While the park service has been advised that Lake Mead levels will likely remain above 1,050 feet through the rest of 2025, “there are scenarios in 2026 where the lake could drop below 1,040 ...

Lake Mead is the nation's largest reservoir and is part of the Colorado River Basin network, which supplies water to seven U.S. states, 30 tribal nations and also parts of Mexico.

If Lake Mead gets to a low place, about 1,020 feet, followed by two of the worst years of river flows on record, back to back, then the lake would crash and drastic cuts would be needed, he said.

Lake Mead visitors should expect crews working at the Boulder Beach fishing pier on Thursday. And farther north on the lake, work is scheduled at the Echo Bay launch ramp. The two projects are the ...