Hoover Dam reshaped the Colorado River and powered the Southwest. Nearby Boulder City tells the human story of the families who built the dam.

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 ...

Long before Lake Mead existed, a small town called St. Thomas sat beside the Muddy River in southern Nevada. Founded in 1865 ...

Every day of the week, from dawn until dusk, throngs of tourists travel more than 30 miles from the Las Vegas Strip to marvel at what’s been called the country’s most impressive engineering feat — ...

Saturday commemorates the 89th anniversary of the Hoover Dam's completed construction, considered by most experts "a modern miracle" and one of the most visited sites in the world. The 726-foot-high ...

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 ...

Rising from Black Canyon in the 1930s, the massive structure tamed the Colorado River, created Lake Mead and helped power a growing Southwest.

The change in water levels predicted for Lake Mead and Lake Powell in 2025 has been announced by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Lakes Mead and Powell are major reservoirs of the Colorado River, ...

When a journalist reports on the events from the not-so-recent past, he faces a different challenge from daily reporting. But meeting a new set of demands seemed to come naturally to Pulitzer ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An ultra marathon swimmer is adding another accomplishment to her resume. On Saturday, Sarah Thomas completed a 50-mile swim from the Colorado River to the Hoover Dam. It's a feat ...