Utah has been the fasting growing state in the nation, with a hardy population increase of nearly 24% since 2010. With that growth rate comes the need for new housing, new roads and other necessary ...

A new permit for the Bondad-area mine spans 220 acres As the Colorado Department of Transportation moves forward with a long-planned realignment of U.S. Highway 550 and connection to the Bridge to ...

A popular swimming hole near Felton, Minn., is hazardous and should be avoided, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Department. Authorities urge people to stay away from gravel pits after one ...

RIFLE – On a late winter day along the Colorado River there is a breath of spring in the air. A great blue heron stands sentinel in the shallows, motionless. A short distance upstream, a pair of bald ...

DETROIT LAKES — A controversial gravel pit project in Becker County is one step closer to approval after the county’s planning board voted Wednesday, June 11, to continue with the plan despite ...

GYPSUM — A week after the Eagle County commissioners approved a new 37-acre gravel pit operation just south of the Eagle County Regional Airport, Gypsum officials also voiced their support for the ...

VICTOR, Mont. - A proposal to mine gravel on two sites north of Victor is generating controversy in the Bitterroot. The Department of Environmental Quality took testimony from the public Tuesday ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The four most populated areas in Utah — Davis, Weber, Salt Lake and Utah counties — have the least amount of potential resources when it comes to sand and gravel. Those components are ...

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MEADOW LAKES — Roger Oliver’s home sale was in the final stretch in early May. Then the proposed gravel pit surfaced next to Oliver’s backyard, and with it prospects for heavy industry on 160 forested ...