California’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string of declines during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The National Park Service is increasing fees at a popular national monument located roughly 200 miles from Las Vegas.
Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to a multi-decade drought.
Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
Water officials say the mountain snowpack that supplies a significant amount of California’s water got an incredible boost from recent powerful storms. But the weather has turned drier.