OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. — A child was rescued from a collapsed sand pit over the weekend, the Oceana County Sheriff's Office says. They're saying the situation is a stark reminder of the dangers of ...
Sand and gravel companies have been viewed as bad guys. They mine the aggregate beneath the topsoil and sell it to companies that mix it with asphalt or cement. In the process, they scar the land with ...
State Rep. Corbin Van Arsdale, R-Houston, said he wants to protect neighborhoods from sand mining operations with legislation governing how far those businesses are located from residences. House Bill ...
RC Mine LLC, Dorchester County and various arms of our state and local governments have some serious explaining to do. How has MRC Mine been digging a sand pit strip mine just 50 feet from a ...
LUGOFF, S.C. (WIS) - Human remains found in a Richland County sand pit were believed to have been there for 10 years, according to an incident report. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department released ...
If you've ever seen small, cone-shaped pits in fine soil or sand, you've likely found an antlion trap. These pit-building insect larvae hide beneath the surface, waiting to ambush ants and other small ...
DANBURY — An investor proposing to make “dramatic improvements” to an east end lot by replacing industrial shops with a four-story self-storage building is being asked by city officials to invest more ...
Suffolk firefighters rescued a worker who fell some 30 feet into a sand pit on Thursday afternoon. The worker was operating an excavation machine — moving sand at a private company’s operation on ...