Some say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Cute. But try telling that to the ghosts of 20th-century water policy, especially the concrete evangelists who brought us the Hoover ...

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 ...

A feat of modern civil engineering, Hoover Dam has stood tall and brought billions of visitors to Las Vegas since it was constructed in the 1930s. But one of the lesser known facts about it is ...

Food and drinks are sold at the Hoover Dam Café, an American-style cafeteria with takeaway options. Or bring your own food and beverages and eat outdoors while enjoying the view. Only water is ...

Decades ago, Laureen and I visited the Hoover Dam with our very ... about 50 feet to where we could view the huge steel turbines stationed within the dam's walls. “Above us are two cranes ...

Like Boulder City, Lake Mead is another direct result of the Hoover Dam. The dam was built to control the water of the Colorado River and the lake provides storage of the diverted and blocked water.

Lake Mead Mohave Adventures (LMMA) has announced that Hoover Dam Rafting Adventures is relaunching for its historic 40th season this spring. Visitors can take the “Hoover Dam Raft Tour” and ...

A picture taken on July 5, 1983, shows an aerial view of the Hoover Dam, at a time when Lake Mead was overflowing into the side spillways. A photo taken on July 5, 1983, shows the Hoover Dam when ...

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 ...

The reservoir which lies across Nevada and Arizona is formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. And its water levels are rapidly lowering. As the water disappears, the lake is revealing a ...

The US’s largest water reservoir, Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam, is in very, very bad shape. How bad is it? New satellite images from NASA show just how much the reservoir’s footprint has shrunk ...