Arizona

Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming have been slow to fund electric vehicle chargers with federal dollars, while other states in the Mountain West have been more eager.

Officials say the new plan is like digging in the "couch cushions" for promises to save Colorado River water, but compensation from the Arizona Water Banking Authority could help reach a larger goal.

Arizona is still working on a deal with California and Nevada to spread out the pain of cutbacks, but they are still figuring out which cities and farms will use less water.

The federal government awarded millions of dollars to states to develop programs to train more healthcare providers in rural areas.

Municipalities across the Grand Canyon State are raising concern over the rapid rise of data centers, especially when it comes to water consumption in the drought-stricken Southwest.

A federal plan for the Colorado River means big water cuts for Arizona. The Phoenix and Tucson areas will be hit hard. City leaders say they can keep taps flowing, but solutions will be expensive.

Mountain West texters are more likely to bring up self-harm in crisis conversations than Americans at large.

Nearly two centuries ago, in the 1850s, close to a dozen Middle Eastern cameleers helped ex-naval officer-turned-explorer Edward Fitzgerald Beale lead a caravan of camels through the arid American Southwest.

The town of Cave Creek in Arizona is on the front lines of the Colorado River crisis. It will get help from Phoenix before working on long-term fixes.

Earlier this month, the Colorado nonprofit EcoFlight landed in Arizona with its annual aerial educational program, Flight Across America. The cohort's high-flying, four-day adventure across the Grand Canyon State kicked-off in Flagstaff. From there, they went to Page, followed by Cottonwood, then Buckeye and finally Tucson.