Lake Powell hits a record-low amid mega-monsoon

Plus: The Mormon Church outbids Bill Gates on Washington farmland

We’ve got good news and bad news to report regarding the big aridification of the West this week. Let’s start with the good: After a two-year hiatus, the monsoon has returned to much of the Southwest, bringing huge rains with it. Tucson’s arroyos are running full and the Sonoran desert is getting positively lush. Multiple highways in Western Colorado we…