Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

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

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

Sitting about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines ...

Amid the woozy desert haze springs an incongruous streak of blue. Lake Mead is the most mirage-like thing I’ve ever seen that ...

Planning a trip to Las Vegas and looking to add a notable side trip to your itinerary? A visit to the Hoover Dam is just the ...

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

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will begin routine structural inspections of the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, also known as the ...

when he visited Las Vegas for about an hour, the first sitting president to make a speech there (President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited in 1935, but spoke to dedicate Hoover Dam outside Boulder ...

Las Vegas, though, was looking for salvation ... In 1937 Basic Magnesium, Inc. was established at a site near the now Hoover Dam. The company brought 15,000 new jobs to the area, and was soon ...