Amelia Flores, chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, brought attention to critical issues that her tribal farmers face back at home on her community's reservation.

Alex Young with the National Weather Service in Phoenix says if rain skips central Phoenix this week, it will set an all-time dryness record. Rapper 50 Cent also cancelled his concert in Phoenix Tuesday due to heat.

The Show spoke with Arizona Republic editorial page editor Elvia Díaz about Arizona's usage of water, specifically from the Colorado River.

Historic drought. Record heat. Severe water cutbacks. Life isn’t easy for Arizona farmers these days. Some are trying to adapt by planting new crops and using new technology. Others say they’ll leave their land fallow and install solar panels or wind turbines on the fertile soil instead. The University of Arizona’s Agricultural Extension is helping them transition to the farms of the future.

The hearing Thursday in Tucson covers a pair of mining projects slated for a stretch of U.S. Forest Service land in southern Arizona. A federal judge will hear their arguments for halting all mining activity while the a larger case proceeds.

Despite July’s record heat, Scottsdale says it cut water use by 7% compared to the same time last year.

The federal government is slightly easing restrictions on Colorado River water after a wet winter helped boost reservoir levels. But Phoenix water managers say the city will remain under a stage one water alert.

The Bureau of Reclamation has released its annual operating conditions report for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, which offered a mixed assessment of the Colorado River.

Reports of Saudi-owned companies operating farms in western Arizona and pumping groundwater to grow alfalfa, which is then exported out of the country have led some state officials to start investigating. But a new investigation finds in at least one instance, it was the state of Arizona itself that helped finance this kind of operation, in the form of the Arizona State Retirement System.