Visitors to Lees Ferry and Lake Powell are advised that because of early arrival of freezing temperatures, with facilities winterized immediately and unavailable until spring.

First, the good news — the Colorado River is churning past the North Wash take-out at about 4 miles per hour, running about 7,500 cubic feet per second (cfs) and rising.

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — For the third time this decade, environmental group American Rivers named the Lower Colorado River as the nation’s most endangered in its annual report.