LAS VEGAS - Nevada Department of Transportation officials are considering ways to curb suicides at the Hoover Dam bypass bridge after the fourth person plunged from the bridge walkway to the Colorado ...

Hoover Dam Rafting Adventures is offering a special Holiday Rafting trip through the Black Canyon, where guests can paddle alongside Santa Claus. The six-hour, 12-mile journey along the Colorado River ...

For those who attend each year, the World of Concrete event is more than just another trade show. It's a check on the pulse of the industry. It's an opportunity to catch up with friends. It's a chance ...

As Trump Rolls Back Protections For Wetlands, New Jersey Maintains a Higher Standard Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms Why New York City Is ...

Happy Dam Removal Day, the time to reflect on and celebrate the progress made in restoring our rivers and the critical biodiversity they support. To date, the damage from 9,003 European dams and weirs ...

Around this time, 89 years ago, the Hoover Dam began supplying electricity to the city of Los Angeles.Finished in 1935 and located along the Nevada and Arizona state lines, the concrete arch structure ...

When political gridlock brings Washington to a halt, the public’s common assumption is that a government shutdown means all national landmarks and federally run attractions must close their doors.

Crews working on the Sanford Dam are beginning to place roller compacted concrete along the dam embankment for the auxiliary spillway, the Four Lakes Task Force announced Wednesday. The work marks a ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 7, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 7, 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam.

Matthew Wright apparently blocked the bridge in support of the QAnon movement. A man in Arizona has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges stemming from a June 2018 incident in which he created a ...