Water

The state’s top water official is making contingency plans if a deal to divide Colorado River water can’t be worked out with other states in 2026 and beyond.

Earlier this year, Arizona’s Water Infrastructure Finance Authority gave Mesa approximately $1.06 million Water Conservation Grant fund.

Election 2024 is getting nearer, and there are down-ballot races that will be influential in all of our lives here in Arizona. One of them is the Central Arizona Water Conservation District. Never heard of it? You're probably not alone.

In a letter, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said she thinks more can be done to limit a Saudi-backed alfalfa farm in La Paz County.

“Standing the Heat” is among a six-part digital series of Indigenous-made films called “Legacy of the Land.” Half of them focus on Arizona tribes.

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced her administration terminated state land leases for Fondomonte in Butler Valley. But it wasn't all of their leases around Arizona, and now the company has applied for a new well on its La Paz County property, according to documents obtained by Arizona Public Media.

A long-term fix is expected by roughly 2027, but it's taken decades to get to that point. The lengthy timeline is due to a complex design process and the challenge of funding expensive projects at the National Park Service, which struggles under mountains of overdue maintenance, according to experts who know its history.

Governor Katie Hobbs spent Thursday touring the Willcox area to get a first-hand look at water issues in rural, eastern Cochise County.

Documents obtained by AZPM show that in July, an alfalfa farming operation with backing from Saudi Arabia applied for a new well on its property.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland came to Bass Pro Shops in Mesa to delist the Apache trout as a federally protected species on Wednesday. This announcement marks the culmination of a five-decade struggle for the White Mountain Apache Tribe that treasures the Southwest fish.