New estimates say the project by the Bureau of Reclamation will cost $2.1 billion, with just $1.6 billion in federal funding allocated.

The Bureau of Reclamation notes $1.6 billion in federal funding had been appropriated in mandatory and discretionary funds for the project.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene, ...