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.

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 (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 ...

Natick was awarded a $1 million state grant to help fund the removal of the Charles River Dam. The dam is classified as high-hazard, and its removal is expected to make the area more resistant to ...

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 ...

RUSSELLVILLE -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said late Thursday it had closed a spillway gate at Dardanelle Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River that had been stuck open since Tuesday morning. "Our ...

DARDANELLE, Ark. — Update: The gate for the Dardanelle Lock and Dam has officially been closed, according to USACE officials. Following the successful closure, USACE provided the following statement: ...

It was windy at the top of the Tieton Dam on Tuesday. To the west was Rimrock Lake, where a lone jet skier buzzed around on a warm summer day. To the east, and down 300 feet, was the start of the ...

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LANCASTER, Tenn. (July 28, 2025) – Work crews at Center Hill Dam removed the first of its massive spillway gates Saturday, a pivotal first step for an ongoing project to replace all eight original ...