The River District is putting the finishing touches on its application package, due by Nov. 22. If successful, these dollars will go a long way to fill the remaining funding gap.

River District numbers show for the period between 1975 and 2003, the plant was down for a total of 89 days and an annual average of 3 days.

Western Slope water managers are asking the federal government to help fund a water rights purchase to keep the Colorado River flowing west. In November, the Colorado River Water Conservation District ...