Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Colorado River water report released in Vegas

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rising demand and falling supply have water managers in the arid West projecting that the Colorado River won’t be able to meet the demands over the …

• Federal prisons urged to grant more early releases

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — For humanitarian and economic reasons, the federal Bureau of Prisons should grant more early releases to incapacitated and terminally ill prisoners, two advocacy groups say in …

• Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

  November 7, 2012 in Nation/World Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown …

• AP Impact: Feds muff kid jewelry cadmium crackdown

  October 14, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal regulators failed to pursue recalls after they found cadmium-tainted jewelry on store shelves, despite their vow to keep the toxic trinkets out of children’s hands, …

• Parks Service defends refusal to use wolves

  September 20, 2012 DENVER (AP) — The National Park Service acted properly when it ruled out using wolves to control the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, government lawyers argued Thursday before …