An 81-acre tract in Beaverdam has been permanently protected thanks to a partnership between a young landowner and the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is closely monitoring the Vaal Dam after the dam’s water levels drastically increased from last week’s 24.3% to 46.2% this week. According to the ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct a date related to an official visit. We regret the error. On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on ...

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Claytor Dam is located on the New River in Pulaski County and is operated by Appalachian Power. The total installed electric generating capacity of the plant is 76 megawatts. Leesville Dam ...

Science: NASA scientists have warned that China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric power station, has the potential to slightly alter Earth's rotation. The massive dam, which spans ...

China’s mega dam — touted to be the world’s largest — on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet close to the Indian border is a “weapon without artillery and the biggest investment in a single project on the ...

A Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky explained that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was designed to hold 11 billion cubic meters, but its ...

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — CJ Huntley and Myles State both 21 points to help Appalachian State defeat James Madison 86-66 on Saturday. Huntley added eight rebounds for the Mountaineers (9-7, 3-2 Sun Belt ...

China has announced an ambitious plan to build solar power stations in space using super-heavy rockets. The concept called “another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth” has been outlined by a ...

Gavin Newsom for initiating the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, claiming it’s causing water shortages in Southern California. Araceli Bloom, a social media influencer with more than ...