The Colorado River bobs and jukes through the crisp sandstone of the western high plains. Earliest explorers saw it as a defining characteristic of Arizona and much of the semi-arid western United States. Today, the river is a monument to American...

Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. The dam, located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, is named after...

The Hoover Dam is considered as one of the greatest architectural achievements of the 20th century. It also serves as a connecting point for Route 93 that links Nevada and Arizona. This route is frequently traversed by both commercial truckers and private motorists. Since...

By Hol Wagner Winds topple cableway towers, throw construction behind schedule Until high winds on the afternoon of Sept. 15 toppled the 330-foot-tall latticework towers on both the Arizona and Nevada sides of the project's 2,500-foot cableway crane system, the $114-million...

Seven states dependent on the Colorado River filed a plan with the Interior Department on Monday aimed at divvying up water resources during times of drought.Officials said the long-debated pact would protect 30 million people who depend on the river for drinking water."The adversity of...

The Nevada Northern Railway's East Ely Yards have been declared a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. National Park Service, only the seventh such site in the state. "The Nevada Northern Railway complex is the last remaining complete standard gauge...