The main boat ramp at Wahweap Marina was unusable due to low water levels in Lake Powell in December 2021. Water levels are projected to soon fall even lower than this at the nation’s second-largest reservoir. Credit: Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, is running for reelection in a tight race against Democratic state Attorney General Aaron Ford in one of 39 U.S. gubernatorial elections to be decided in November. (Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Las Vegas Review-Journal file/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Melat Kiros, a democratic socialist and first-time candidate, speaks to supporters in Denver after unseating longtime Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
This field of alfalfa near Carbondale is grown with water from the Crystal River. Some Colorado River experts are advocating for a permanent reduction in the use of water by agriculture. Credit: Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism
A supporter of state Sen. Julie Gonzales' campaign for U.S. Senate films a video asking a question to a cardboard cutout of Gonzales' primary opponent, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, at the Colorado Democratic Party's DemFest event in Denver on June 6. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
Kandace Hyland, a marketing director in Utah, was surprised to learn that daycare staff in the state don’t have to be vaccinated against measles, even amid an ongoing outbreak. “I’m nervous sending her to daycare every day,” she says of her baby. (Amy Maxmen/KFF Health News)
A confined swine feeding operation is shown in this photo. Congress is once again taking aim at state animal welfare laws regarding livestock confinement. (Photo by Kent Becker/U.S. Geological Survey)
From left: Republican Rep. Scott Bottoms of Colorado Springs speaks outside the Colorado Capitol on Jan. 28, 2025; Victor Marx, a Republican candidate for governor, participates in a forum hosted by Colorado business groups in Glendale on May 28, 2026; Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer speaks to the Senate during a special legislative session on Aug. 25, 2025. (Photos by Chase Woodruff and Sara Wilson/Colorado Newsline)
