Local control has become a burning issue in Lansing among lawmakers. A set of aggregate mining bills under consideration by the House Committee on Regulatory Reform is drawing significant attention.

State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

WELD COUNTY — Holcim Inc. has purchased an aggregate mining operation located along the South Platte River east of Greeley and north of Kersey. The operation will be renamed the Scout Island Facility ...

After three delays, a plan to mine gravel east of the old sugar factory in Sterling was approved by the Logan County Commissioners on Tuesday. When the matter was last brought to them on Jan. 17, the ...

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 ...

Lansing — A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to transfer oversight of aggregate mining permits and operations from local communities to state regulators amid a ...

The Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would take local government control away when it comes to rock, sand, and gravel mine permits. Supporters of the change say too ...

MANKATO — Blue Earth County is preparing to modernize its aggregate mining regulations, proposing updates to an ordinance that has remained largely unchanged for nearly 60 years. The gravel-mining ...

CHARLEVOIX — Members of the Bay Shore community and Hayes Township hosted a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Public Library to air concerns over gravel mining and its effects on ...

Lansing — Legislation that would remove local control over gravel mining permits is back in the mix in Lansing — rearing its controversial head just in time for the lame duck session in December. The ...

A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal ...