One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as "ominous." ...

A glint of optimism remains in portions of the Yakima River Basin and lower Columbia, which sit closer to normal snowpack levels, Bumbaco said. Much in Washington depends on the accumulation of a ...

Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is slightly less than normal for this time of year, meaning Arizona could see sustained water cuts through 2026. Though trends could change through the ...

The last significant winter storm systems in Washington came at the end of December, and skipped over the Methow Valley to ...

12 and a tenth of an inch Jan. 1. Still, the Kennewick Irrigation District says that the Cascade Mountain snowpack that feeds the Yakima River Basin is above average for this time of year.