The feds have injected needless uncertainty into a plan to stabilize Lake Mead through 2026. That helps exactly no one in Arizona.

Lake planners have known Turkey Peak Reservoir would flood a part of a state highway from the time plans formed for the lake.

Rainfall was average or higher than average across 94 per cent of the area. Total rainfall was 48 mm, 66 per cent higher than the long-term mean of 29 mm for December. Streamflows were variable across ...