A stretch of U.S. 50 was shut down on Thursday evening due to cracking in the bridge that runs over Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County, the Colorado Department of Transportation confirmed in a ...

Billions of gallons of water are rushing this week out of the Blue Mesa Reservoir on Colorado’s Western Slope, through the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and ultimately into the Colorado River. For the ...

Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera has verbally declared a disaster emergency after the U.S. Highway 50 bridge over the Blue Mesa Reservoir was closed last week. The declaration will help support the response ...

GUNNISON, Colo. (KREX) – Harmful algae were discovered in the Blue Mesa Reservoir water, the National Park Service announced Monday. NPS staff’s latest testing showed concentrations of blue-green ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet helped bring millions of dollars to aging water infrastructure in Western Colorado and across the entire state. $61 million ...

The U.S. 50 bridge over Blue Mesa Reservoir reopened Wednesday after months of closures and construction sparked by state and federal transportation officials discovering cracks in the steel supports.

After being closed for seven months — and reopening partially in July — the U.S. 50 Middle Bridge has reopened — restoring a key route for communities surrounding Blue Mesa Reservoir. The bridge ...

With Blue Mesa Reservoir free of ice and the Lake Fork and Elk Creek marinas open, National Park Service officials are reminding boat owners that state law requires all trailered and/or motorized ...

GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) – The Blue Mesa Reservoir west of Middle Bridge was closed on July 18 for all boating activities, but the closure has now been lifted, and the reservoir is open to all ...

It may be Blue Mesa Reservoir has weathered the worst of the Drought of 2012. According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the 29-mile long impoundment west of Gunnison continues to drop, but the decline ...

DENVER (KDVR) — After a two-year hiatus, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Blue Mesa Reservoir lake trout tournament has returned. The tournament was last held in 2021 and returns on Jan. 1, 2024, ...

While Colorado is known as the state with the best skiing in the country, the fun doesn't stop when the snow melts. There are thousands of natural lakes and reservoirs — not to mention over 9,000 ...