This fascinating video explores the design and construction of the Hoover Dam, one of the most ambitious engineering projects ...

This video breakdown of federal data shows Lake Mead falling faster than even recent forecasts predicted. The lake is on ...

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 ...

Hoover Dam is a gravity dam. But if you take a water bottle up there on certain days, it sure looks like the opposite.

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — On Oct. 20, the Bureau of Reclamation will reopen Hoover Dam to the visiting public. “The Trump Administration is focused on reopening America and keeping its public icons – ...

The property was built in 1930, having been designed by Hoover Dam architect Gordon Kaufmann as an Italian-inspired retreat.

Nearing the 90th anniversary of its dedication, Hoover Dam has seen better days. The massive dam made urban life possible in the desert Southwest, creating the nation’s biggest reservoir: a source to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Walkers can step back into Hoover Dam history while getting some of their daily steps in Boulder City. The town, about a half-hour south of Las Vegas, helped build Hoover Dam. A self-guided walking ...