The fight against operation of a quarry in the Belle Mina community returns to court in Limestone County on Wednesday.

Alabama State Sen. Arthur Orr calls a proposed quarry in his district “a travesty.” He also believes the Limestone County Commission has the authority to stop it from being built near the Belle Mina ...

The nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates has applied for permits to establish a limestone quarry and processing plant on Addidas Road, less than 4 miles southeast of the Town of ...

A research team has investigated the importance of limestone quarries for wild bee conservation. Diverse landscapes with good connectivity between quarries and calcareous grasslands proved to be ...