There are a couple of things that unite most Nevadans: how people often mispronounce that state’s name and for those who have ...

Lake Mead Mohave Adventures (LMMA) is thrilled to announce the return of its beloved holiday tradition, “Rafting with Santa,” ...

Just an hour from the shimmering lights of the Las Vegas Strip lies a very different kind of glittering strip—a ribbon of water that winds through a rock-walled canyon and glows a surreal shade of ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — From Elvis to Superman to Clark Griswold, Hollywood sends its biggest stars to Hoover Dam. The dam’s 90th birthday can’t go by without a nod to movies that only hope to achieve such ...

The Boulder Dam: Later renamed the Hoover Dam, began operation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a button in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. The 60 ...

This column by former Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha first appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on Aug. 29, 2004. No, the hard hat was not invented for construction workers on the Hoover Dam project ...

Plans to build a dam on Alum Creek for flood control and to create a water supply reservoir date back to the spring of 1956, soon after the Hoover Dam was completed in Westerville. Planners knew it ...

Explore the Hoover Dam, a marvel of engineering showcasing its necessity for America, innovative design and location, and the construction journey. Discover how the Hoover Dam operates, its ...

The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...