Permit OK'd for gravel mine near Sidney

The Cheyenne County Board of Commissioners approved Tuesday a conditional use permit for Pit Acres LLC to open a pit gravel mine and asphalt and concrete batch plants northwest of Sidney near County Road 99.

The motion was passed unanimously by commissioners Philip Sanders, Steven Olson and chairman Darrell Johnson, subject to 11 conditions drafted by the county Planning and Zoning Committee.

In a phone interview, Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub said in order for certain uses to be undertaken on property, landowners must go through an application process.

“[The owners] did that this time,...