The monsoon can bring dramatic showers and flash flooding to the desert. In a good year, monsoon rain can ease wildfire risks, reduce demand on reservoirs and help wildlife. What it can’t do is pull ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — California is experiencing one of its worst droughts, and the Valley could see some of the effects in local grocery stores. As of now, avocado, broccoli, grape and lettuce prices are ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A new report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that most of Arizona is in some stage of drought. The report shows that 99.34% of the state is currently in a drought. This is ...

PHOENIX — The U.S. Drought Monitor recently reported that, for the first time in its nearly 20-year history, none of the contiguous states was showing symptoms of severe or exceptional drought. That ...

If developers can't prove that they can provide water for years into the future, their subdivisions are on hold. Reading time 3 minutes Arizona officials may not be able to approve new construction in ...

Persistent drought is dragging down Arizona quail populations, state wildlife officials say, and could necessitate shorter hunting seasons and smaller bag limits on the game birds. The state’s small ...

PHOENIX — Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is sapping ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The weekly US Drought Monitor update is in this week, and Arizona is showing some areas of moderate drought and even severe drought. The severe drought is in the far southeastern ...

Arizona has been in a stage of drought for almost 30 straight years, according to precipitation patterns statewide. It affects not only farming, vegetation and wildfire chances, but also domestic ...

PHOENIX — Arizona State University climatologist Randy Cerveny said the state has been in varying degrees of drought since 1997, but Arizona isn’t close to an extended water shortage yet. “Normal ...

It's been a dry start to winter in Arizona and the west but over the past two weeks, storm after storm has put a dent in the recent drought It's been a dry start to winter in Arizona and other parts ...