Long before Hoover Dam became a symbol of American engineering, the modest Laguna Dam quietly made history. Journey to the site where the taming of the Colorado River began—and uncover the ...

Construction of the Hoover Dam, on the Nevada-Arizona border, began on this day in history, July 7, 1930. It covers over 220 acres and is a National Historic Landmark.

During the time in the early 1920s when legislation was being crafted to authorize a dam on the Colorado River, Herbert Hoover served as Secretary of Commerce for President Warren Harding.

Fire from a Tuesday morning transformer explosion at the Hoover Dam was quickly extinguished, caused no injuries and is not a threat to the power grid, according to the Bureau of Reclamation's ...

Hoover Dam, called a ‘high hazard,’ may get $50M for upkeep Though the bill died in the last Congress, Nevada’s federal delegation is re-upping the Help Hoover Dam Act. The bill has support ...

Standing atop the Hoover Dam today, the millions of tourists who visit each year can get a real sense of the climate crisis in the West: In addition to extreme heat, the sight of so-called ...

For now, he has shared a teaser of the show, titled Billy Idol: Live At The Hoover Dam, that includes a snippet of his “Cradle Of Love” performance. “I’ve played a few gigs in my time ...

A fire broke out at the Hoover Dam on Tuesday at about 10 a.m. local time when a transformer caught fire, sending plumes of black smoke into the air, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.