Joanna Allhands is an opinion columnist at The Arizona Republic, and she joined The Show to talk about an option that isn't groundwater for the communities on the outer reaches of metro Phoenix.

More than 800 Mohave Community College students are set to graduate on Friday, and a special tribal guest has been invited to speak at their commencement.

Hobbs vetoed three bills Tuesday, bringing her total number this session to 55. One would have stripped the AG of the power to sue corporate farm owners over groundwater usage.
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Water managers from across the West are turning their eyes to those high-alpine climes to get a sense of summertime water supply for cities and farms across the region.

About a decade ago, a company called Greenstone bought nearly 500 acres of land in the town of Cibola, in La Paz County. But, a few years later, Greenstone sold the water rights to Queen Creek and made about $14 million in profit.

The Navajo Nation and Gila River Indian Community were named alongside more than 100 inaugural members participating in “The America the Beautiful Freshwater Challenge,” an initiative that is intended to restore the country’s waterways.

The nonprofit group American Rivers has released its annual list of the country’s 10 most endangered rivers, and Arizona’s Santa Cruz River ranks fourth.

Before a developer can record plats of land or sell parcels in certain areas, they must show Arizona real estate officials that the water supply is assured for 100 years. The state Department of Water Resources says it's holding a series of informal meetings on a possible new way to satisfy the requirement.

According to a recently published study by researchers from Northern Arizona University, the Colorado River loses more than 19 million acre-feet of water to cities, farms and evaporation every year. That’s roughly the same amount of water used by the 50 largest cities in the country.