AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. The legal battle over the stone quarry next to William B. Umstead State Park is far from over. A Wake County judge put the quarry’s ...

In an effort to prepare for a possible future water shortage, Fairfax Water is planning to add a reservoir in southern Fairfax County in a Vulcan Materials Company space currently in use. The ...

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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 ...

Is there a pathway for opponents to stop the quarry, but without a multi-million court bill? On the most recent count, the City this week had received 5000 submissions about the project. In an earlier ...

Michael Griffith died in 2020 after falling through an improperly secured gate into a hopper at a Wendling Quarries worksite. The court ruled that the plaintiffs failed to prove Griffith's coworkers ...

Acting Mayor Mark Hammel applauded Queensland’s Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie on Tuesday for issuing a call-in on the development application from materials company Boral, but voiced his concerns ...

THE heartbroken dad of ­Deirdre Jacob has told of his hopes a new search for the missing woman can finally end his family’s 28-year torment. Michael Jacob last night told The Irish Sun: “All we can do ...

A south-east Queensland council will push on with plans for a purpose-built rowing facility for Brisbane 2032, despite the deputy premier’s threats that Olympic competition would be held in ...

On Ailsa Craig, a special type of microgranite provides the special recipe needed for the ideal curling stone. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty, Andy Buchannan / ...

ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) – A neighbor is relieved after hearing the plans for two Southwest Fort Wayne quarries are being tabled. The withdrawal from these quarry projects is not the result of the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Millions of sandstone quarry workers in India breathe toxic dust that causes a terminal lung disease called silicosis. To treat the illness, workers are forced to take ...