Columbus is upgrading amenities at Hoover Reservoir: a boat ramp and a 1,500-foot boardwalk across the reservoir to replace one that was demolished after being deemed unsafe. The new boat launch will ...

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 ...

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 ...

WESTERVILLE, Ohio — The Franklin County Coroner's Office identified the body found in Hoover Reservoir in Westerville on Wednesday as a 55-year-old man. According to the Columbus Division of Police, ...

The deceased was identified as Michael Burden, the head custodian at Colerain Elementary School. A Columbus man whose body was pulled from the Hoover Reservoir in Westerville was the head custodian at ...

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 ...

Explore the Hoover Dam, a marvel of engineering showcasing its necessity for America, innovative design and location, and the construction journey. Discover how the Hoover Dam operates, its ...