Hoover Dam reshaped the Colorado River and powered the Southwest. Nearby Boulder City tells the human story of the families who built the dam.

For almost a century, Hoover Dam has stood tall, delivering water and reliable hydropower to cities throughout the American West. But even the most impressive feats of human engineering need ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the dedication. Five years earlier, the Secretary of the Interior ...

The Hoover Dam was finished in 1936. It took roughly five years to complete the massive dam located along the Nevada-Arizona border, which was originally named the Boulder Dam before getting its new ...

On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the dedication.

Hydropower output at Hoover Dam is down by about half since 2000. Lakes Mead and Powell are approaching critical thresholds below which hydropower generation would be severely curtailed or cease.

Monument Plaza at Hoover Dam features something most visitors walk right over without noticing: a terrazzo floor designed as a celestial map marking the dam's 1936 completion using Earth's axial ...