When political gridlock brings Washington to a halt, the public’s common assumption is that a government shutdown means all national landmarks and federally run attractions must close their doors.

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dedicated the Hoover Dam, only he wouldn’t use that name for the dedication. Five years earlier, the Secretary of the Interior ...

BRANSON, Mo — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week opened three spillways – but officials tell Ozarks First flooding concerns were not the reason. Jay Woods, Public Affairs Specialist with the ...

SANFORD, Mich. (WNEM) – Dam disaster recovery is reaching the final stages in Sanford. More than five years after the catastrophic flood, crews are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Brad ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — On this day in history Southern Nevada saw both an ending and a beginning. The end of a rail line and the beginning of construction on a highly-anticipated dam project. On September ...

The Boulder Dam: Later renamed the Hoover Dam, began operation. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a button in Washington to signal the startup of the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. The 60 ...

Natick was awarded a $1 million state grant to help fund the removal of the Charles River Dam. The dam is classified as high-hazard, and its removal is expected to make the area more resistant to ...

This column by former Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha first appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on Aug. 29, 2004. No, the hard hat was not invented for construction workers on the Hoover Dam project ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is investigating a vandalism incident at the Reelfoot Lake Spillway after four people were caught on video breaking in late Sunday night. The ...

TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. - A group of vandals opened up a spillway at Reelfoot Lake, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). TWRA said four people entered the fenced compound to access ...