Lake Powell bounces back — but for how long? Captured runoff reflooded natural wonders, while laying bare competing visions for Glen Canyon in the water-starved West.

The new report showed that tourism dollars created jobs in local gateway regions around Glen Canyon. The report also stated that Lake Powell had a $42.5 billion cumulative benefit to the U.S. economy.

The spot was inundated 40 years ago when Lake Powell first filled, backing up through Glen Canyon and over a hundred tributaries. The rising waters drowned waterfalls, box elder groves and ...

Lake Powell is in danger of reaching critically low water levels, which could affect many Americans on the west coast. The ...

Now, as the San Juan River flows toward Lake Powell, it rambles over a huge pancake of mud that’s 49 miles long, a mile wide in some places, and as much as 120 feet deep in the final reaches of ...

The busiest boat ramp at Lake Powell is now restricted to vessels 30 feet in length or smaller. The National Park Service said Thursday that the north side was shut down due to recent damage that ...

Sinking water levels at the giant reservoir on the Utah/Arizona border have led to renewed concerns about power generation ...

LAKE POWELL, Utah (KUTV) — Calls to drain Lake Powell have been around for decades. One of the first agencies to call for the idea was the Glen Canyon Institute in the 1990s — and it didn’t ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two hikers were found dead after floodwaters poured into a slot canyon near the Utah-Arizona line. Their companion and 11 other hikers in the area were rescued by helicopter.