PUTNAM COUNTY, Georgia — A proposed rock quarry in Putnam County has residents split, with some seeing economic opportunity and others fearing environmental disruption. Putnam County Stone LLC held an ...

Thea Alvin spends every possible moment outdoors in the summer. Weather permitting, the Morristown resident walks her dogs, shears her Angora goats, rides her mountain bike and builds elaborate ...

Abandoned huts, sheds and slate equipment at Dinorwig Quarry provide a haunting reminder of an industry that once roofed the world. Yet long-time visitors are becoming angered by the way the quarry is ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. State regulators improperly altered a mining permit for Wake Stone Corp. that allowed it to quarry rock next to Umstead State Park ...

OWASSO, Okla. — An expansion proposal for a rock quarry in Owasso has some residents worried about how it could affect their homes and quality of life. The Tulsa County Board of Adjustment is meeting ...

Controversial plans to develop a sand and gravel quarry close to homes in a Lancashire village should be refused permission, a planning officer has said. Developers Baxter Homes, who proposed the site ...

Spencerport, N.Y. — Building bright futures with encouragement to make a change.Hundreds of students from dozens of local schools came together in Spencerport o 5-year-old girl seriously injured ...

An investigation is underway after a blast at the Dolomite Quarry in Penfield sent large rocks flying into a nearby town park. According to town officials, a third-party contractor conducted what was ...

A quarry that had been operating along the Nolichucky River must stop digging up and crushing rock immediately, a Mitchell County Superior Court judge ordered this week. Judge Theodore McEntire issued ...

A mayor in Melbourne’s north says his community is heartbroken at a state government decision to approve a contentious quarry with a near 30-year lifespan in a suburb that will one day be home to ...

SUFFERN — Authorities recovered the body of a 57-year-old man found floating at the former Tilcon Quarry property on Monday, Aug. 4, which became a lake after being closed several years ago. The ...