Arizona officials have a blunt message to other states in the protracted fight over the Colorado River: Give up more water or we’re going to take it from you. More than two years of negotiations between the seven states that share the drought-stricken Colorado River — and countless meetings, including Interior Department officials waving the threat of federal intervention — have failed to produce a deal about how to share the waterway, including who must use less of it. With less than two weeks before a last-ditch federal deadline on Feb. 14, the states are still attempting to come up with at least a short-term, five-year agreement.

Other Colorado River negotiations news:

• Daily Independent (Sun City, Ariz.): Arizona leaders signal lawsuit of Colorado River water rights is possible amid search for better deal
• Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix): Arizona won’t cut Colorado River withdrawals without enforceable conservation promises​
• Arizona Mirror: Lawmakers prepare for Colorado River water fight with unanimous vote boosting legal fund
• KOLD (Tucson, Ariz.): Arizona House passes bill to add $1 million to Colorado River legal fund
• KJZZ (Phoenix): Arizona water leaders are cautiously optimistic as Colorado River talks near deadline
• Post Independent (Glenwood Springs, Colo.): Colorado River District’s annual State of the River address is coming to a watershed near you
• Inside Climate News: Colorado River negotiators are nearly out of time and snowpack