The federal government is preparing to starve Lake Mead of water to keep Lake Powell alive, and the tradeoff could cut Hoover ...

After 30 years of drought, hydrologists say the Hoover Dam will lose 80% of hydropower production by spring 2027.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Decades ago, Laureen and I visited the Hoover Dam with our very young children. We revisited that trip recently, and none of it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A visit to Hoover Dam, that iconic concrete giant straddling the Colorado River at the border of Nevada and Arizona, offers ...

Around this time, 89 years ago, the Hoover Dam began supplying electricity to the city of Los Angeles.Finished in 1935 and located along the Nevada and Arizona state lines, the concrete arch structure ...

On this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Over the course of the next five years, more than 21,000 men would work tirelessly to produce what would become the largest ...

When political gridlock brings Washington to a halt, the public’s common assumption is that a government shutdown means all national landmarks and federally run attractions must close their doors.

BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, one of the nation’s largest hydroelectric facilities, producing a thick cloud of black smoke and flames that were quickly ...

A woman offers to sell Rick the diversion tunnel blueprints used in the early stages of construction for the Hoover Dam in this scene from "Hot Dam." ...