Lakes Mead and Powell, the largest reservoirs on the Colorado River, do not just store water. Their dams, Hoover and Glen Canyon, also generate electricity. This hydropower drives irrigation pumps and ...

Explore the fascinating workings of the Hoover Dam, including its significance to America, design, location, and construction process. Understand its operational mechanics, environmental impact, and ...

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 ...

An earthquake has been reported near Greenwood, South Carolina. The United States Geological Survey reported that an earthquake with a 1.8 magnitude was detected in Greenwood County at 2:20 a.m.. It ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — From Elvis to Superman to Clark Griswold, Hollywood sends its biggest stars to Hoover Dam. The dam’s 90th birthday can’t go by without a nod to movies that only hope to achieve such ...

A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Visayan Sea on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:59 p.m. Philippine time about 7 miles southeast of ...

A series of large earthquakes struck northwestern Venezuela on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The USGS had a yellow warning for potential fatalities and economic ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rocked the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday, waking up many people, with more 24,000 saying they felt it, according to the United States Geological Survey.The ...

LATEST Sept. 22, 6:45 p.m. Another earthquake shook the Bay Area on Monday evening in the same area of a larger 4.3 earthquake from the early morning. The quake hit approximately 1.86 miles southeast ...

MAYS LANDING — U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-2nd, joined other local and state officials on the Cotton Mill Bridge Monday afternoon to cut the ribbon on the new Lake Lenape Dam following a $14.6 million ...