MELVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – With the spring thaw, dodging potholes is unavoidable. But those road craters create a whole other set of challenges—asphalt factories can now barely keep pace. As CBS2's ...

Every few minutes, a lever is pulled somewhere in the tower house and hot, fresh asphalt descends from a hot bin into a waiting truck bed like a waterfall of black tar. Credit: MinnPost photo by Bill ...

Residents of an Irvine, California neighborhood are breathing a sigh of relief after finally reaching a conclusion to years of contentious debate over a factory. All American Asphalt set up shop in ...

Buoyed by a recent court interim order freezing the process to move an asphalt factory to their area, the affected communities around Mitsero feel confident they will ultimately prevail and halt the ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Pa. — Several crews responded to a fire at an asphalt factory in Lawrence County on Sunday. NBC News affiliate WFMJ reports that firefighters were called to the plant on Elliot Mills ...

Residents in North Irvine say they believe a nearby asphalt factory is releasing toxic fumes, potentially harming their health. Hundreds have signed an online petition. Others have contacted the city ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Firefighters arrived at the scene of a two-alarm asphalt factory fire in Redwood City Monday afternoon and had the fire contained within 30 minutes, fire dispatch said. The ...

UPDATE: After the notice of violation issued Jan. 14 for a Jan.13 incident — which is reported on in the story below — a similar notice was issued on Jan. 18 for a Jan. 14 violation. See the record of ...

Communities in the Vasiliko area are outraged over the environment department’s approval for the construction of an asphalt plant in their area, it was reported on Wednesday. The plant, ... Residents ...