The excursion is along the Colorado River's Black Canyon National Water Trail— crossing the widest single-arch concrete ...

Discover the history, engineering, and natural beauty of the Hoover Dam. Plan your visit with tips, tours, and nearby ...

the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...

From the Ruby Mountains to downtown Las Vegas, this is the Nevada Division of Tourism’s list of Top 10 “Out There” ...

Las Vegas has many incredible attractions, but for years, it was missing something — an independent film house. That all ...

My siblings and I decided to gather in Las Vegas to celebrate our sister’s 70th birthday. It was a most enjoyable family reunion, especially since all of ...

Reclamation finally drops more details about how it might handle Colorado River water shortages after 2026, but few people ...

A decades-long megadrought continues to bake the Southwestern US. In the early 1980s, Lake Mead, the Hoover Dam's reservoir, was nearing its full capacity of 9.3 trillion gallons of water.

They estimate it could hold at least 81 cubic kilometers of water – or about three times the water in Lake Mead, the reservoir on the Colorado River that is held back by the Hoover Dam.

They knew the two proposed alternatives would not be implemented as written — the feds even said as much during an elaborate news conference at Hoover ... the drain on Lake Mead and Lake Powell ...