Sam Metz

Phillip Yazzie waits for a water drum in the back of his pickup truck to be filled in Teesto, Ariz., on the Navajo Nation, on Feb. 11, 2021. The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a dispute involving water from the drought-stricken Colorado River. States that draw water from the river — Arizona, Nevada and Colorado — and water districts in California had urged the court to decide for them, and that’s what the justices did in a 5-4 ruling. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)

Supreme Court ruling complicates Navajo Nation鈥檚 fight for more water

June 23, 2023 at 1:30 p.m.

Already facing some of the most severe water scarcity in the drought-stricken Southwest, the Navajo Nation now has to deal with a Supreme Court ruling this week that will make...

Former U.S Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., waves before delivering the commencement address at Colorado College, Sunday, May 28, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Liz Cheney urges Colorado College graduates not to compromise with the truth in commencement speech

May 28, 2023 at 1:43 p.m.

Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney blasted Republicans raising fears about college students voting and implored new graduates not to compromise truths in a commencement speech at her alma mater.

Taowen Le, a Weber State University professor of information systems and technologies, speaks during an interview at Weber State University on Oct. 11, 2022, in Ogden, Utah. An investigation by the Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the Utah’s officials and lawmakers. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Amid strained U.S. ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

March 27, 2023 at 5:55 a.m.

Beijing鈥檚 success in Utah shows 鈥渉ow pervasive and persistent China has been in trying to influence America,鈥� said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired FBI counterintelligence agent who lives in Utah.

In this aerial image taken with a drone, a rainbow flag is unfurled at City Hall Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. With a growing and diversifying population, the city nestled at the foothills of the Rockies is a patchwork of disparate social and cultural fabrics. But last weekend's shooting has raised uneasy questions about the lasting legacy of cultural conflicts that caught fire decades ago and gave Colorado Springs a reputation as a cauldron of religion-infused conservatism, where LGBTQ people didn't fit in with the most vocal community leaders' idea of family values (AP Photo/Brittany Peterson)

Colorado Springs reckons with its past after Club Q shooting

November 25, 2022 at 3:11 p.m.

When officials unfurled a 25-foot rainbow flag in front of Colorado Springs City Hall this week, people gathered to mourn the victims of a mass shooting at a popular gay...

Zion National Park hiker lost, Dallas cars submerged as floods hit U.S.

August 22, 2022 at 5:17 p.m.

An Arizona woman was still missing Monday after being swept away at Utah's Zion National Park three days earlier as flooding surged through the southwestern United States and imperiled tourists...

Labor shortage compounds federal firefighters鈥� staffing woes

June 22, 2022 at 8:40 a.m.

Firefighter groups are applauding the Biden administration's steps to raise pay but warn that the temporary wage hikes won't be enough to combat staffing problems, as federal agencies compete with...

U.S. to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

May 3, 2022 at 3:13 p.m.

The Bureau of Reclamation announcement followed months of talks between upper basin states 鈥� Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming 鈥� and their lower basin counterparts in Arizona, California, Nevada...

Wildfire evacuees flood Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee

August 30, 2021 at 11:22 p.m.

A popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists was clogged with fleeing vehicles Monday after the entire resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered...

Former Nevada “sundown town” stands by siren amid racial reckoning

July 26, 2021 at 4:03 p.m.

A red siren perched atop a small town’s volunteer fire department sounds every night at 6 p.m., sending a piercing noise echoing through the ranches and towns of northern Nevada’s...

Eric Bonner of Lansing, Mich., visits ...

Coalition blasts plans to divert Colorado River amid drought

July 16, 2021 at 8:28 a.m.

Farmers, environmentalists and small-town business owners gathered at the Hoover Dam on Thursday to call for a moratorium on pipelines and dams along the Colorado River that they said jeopardizes...

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