On Jan. 3, 1940 a group of employees from Hoover Dam decided to pool their money together, about $100 in all, to offer financial services to their family and friends in Boulder City under the name ...

I moved to Boulder City in 1981. Boulder City is blessed to have been a government town. Can we recall the blessings we have received from government?

From outside, this vast construction is about size, scale and spectacle. Once inside, it becomes more about appreciating how ...

Republicans love to talk about attaching strings to federal disaster relief for California, but they're forgetting how many ...

Any tourist to Las Vegas knows that Sin City can get overwhelming, so take a break and visit this wildly underrated desert city full of history and art.

Ray Lyman Wilbur ordered the dam to be named after Hoover. Congress made it official five months later on February 14, 1931, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's website. When Hoover left ...

When Hoover left office in 1933, the names "Boulder Canyon Dam" and "Boulder Dam" were frequently used when referring to the dam, the website said, allegedly because the new Secretary of the ...

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 ...

The Vaal Dam’s water levels have risen dramatically over the past week, climbing to 87.93% as of Wednesday, according to the latest data. This marks a significant increase from the previous ...

Visitor center hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day). Doors close at 4:15 p.m. Last tour departs at 3:45 p.m. Where: Hoover Dam Access Road, Boulder City.

Everything to know about seeing Hoover Dam, including the security checkpoint, whether there's a lot of walking and how to get dam-tour tickets.