BEND, Ore. — What started as a conflict between farms and frogs in Central Oregon has resulted in an extensive effort to modernize the region’s aging irrigation systems. Approximately 100 people ...

The Nampa & Meridian Irrigation District has begun diverting water from the Boise River near Barber Park into the Rigenbaugh Canal. Water managers say this is the start of the 2020 irrigation system. ...

Colorado’s landscape is carved up, in part, by meandering canals. Over the years, the man-made waterways have shifted from pure tools of agriculture to spaces for outdoor recreation. Denverite Beyhan ...

The moment in time is captured in a picture taken more than 100 years ago. Half a dozen workers stand in a trench hacked out of rock, holding picks and shovels. Their hats are misshapen by sweat, ...

The amount of trash and debris dumped into southwest Idaho irrigation canals is on the rise, district managers and water users say. Lawn clippings and other landscaping debris, household trash and ...

RENO — Water conflicts are nothing new to the arid West, where myriad users long have vied for their share of the precious resource from California's Central Valley to the Colorado and Missouri rivers ...

Trails are the most used recreational facilities in Bend, with nine in every 10 community members using them in the past year. Bend Park & Recreation District staff know this because we regularly ask ...

(Update: Repairs done, power restored but fire-related power outage cut service to some) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Repairs are complete and water service is being restored to most of the 1,800 affected ...

Editor's note: This story ran in Yakima Magazine in March 2019. We are rerunning it in lieu of the "It Happened Here" history column this week because of heightened interest in the canal in light of ...