It was a rough debut. JB Hamby, 26 years old, had rocketed to the innermost circle of state and federal officials charged with saving the Colorado River from collapse. In mid-January, he was elected ...

This story was originally published by KUNC. California’s Imperial Valley is one of the few places where a 95-degree day can be described as unseasonably cool. In the shade of a sissoo tree, with a ...