What happens if the Hoover Dam fails? This engineering marvel has been standing for nearly a century, supplying water and ...

The Bureau of Reclamation opens bids for the construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam and Power Plant. The contract is awarded to Six Companies, a construction and engineering firm made up of some of ...

People came from across the country to witness the construction of Hoover Dam. One worker's daughter compared the scene to a hill of ants. "It was just fantastic to watch... It was a monument task ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle ... and it did — in a 54-page report that was announced not at Hoover Dam, but in an overlooked news release on the afternoon of the last full workday ...

NASA images show California's greener foliage and snowier peaks from the Pineapple Express, but it's not enough to meet the ...

Amid the woozy desert haze springs an incongruous streak of blue. Lake Mead is the most mirage-like thing I’ve ever seen that ...

The new report from nonprofit group Tell The Dam Truth estimates the full lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by Glen Canyon and Hoover dams are equal to the average yearly emissions from ...

THE completion, just announced, of the great concrete structure originally known as the Boulder Dam, but afterwards officially designated the Hoover Dam, across the Colorado River in Black Canyon ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...