Federal workers have taken the first steps in a $32 million maintenance of the Blue Mesa Dam, the largest of three dams that were built in the 1960s to create Colorado's biggest reservoir. It's the ...

Colorado (KCNC) — Just weeks before completion of construction, Northern Water has confirmed uranium has been discovered at the site of the Chimney Hollow Reservoir and Dam. The project, which is ...

A federal judge Thursday ordered a halt to construction on what would have been Colorado’s tallest dam, rejecting arguments from Denver Water and the Army Corps of Engineers that the project must be ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on July 7, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 7, 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SALIDA, Colo. (KXRM) — Xcel Energy will ...