LAS VEGAS (AP) — The death of a woman who jumped from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge was the first known suicide since the sweeping arch linking Nevada and Arizona opened in October 2010, a federal ...

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 ...

She’s one of the most successful authors in publishing, and now a genuine movie mogul. And she’s as surprised by this as you are. “Is it too cheesy?” Colleen Hoover asks, pushing onto the hind legs of ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Ninety years ago, the Hoover Dam changed the American West and Nevada forever. On September 30, 1935, it was dedicated. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it “A great feat of ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — September 11, 1936 was an electrifying date for Southern Nevada. On this day Hoover Dam began generating power to the area. Lake Mead began filling with water in February of 1935, ...

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 ...

The author announced the release date and cover of her long-awaited new book, "Woman Down," in an exclusive clip aired on TODAY on Sept. 10. "It is a thriller, probably one of the darkest books I've ...

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 ...