GRANITE QUARRY — Many of the members of the Granite Quarry Board of Aldermen do not want to raise taxes, a resolution that has been repeated throughout discussions on how to finance a new fire engine.

A Wilkes County businessman plans to re-open an old granite quarry that was used during construction of U.S. 421, a move that would create competition for the county's sole operating quarry and the ...

In a 2018 photo, an overview of the deep 250-foot quarry area at Swenson Granite. It is time-consuming and expensive to move things and people into and out of a 250-foot hole. The difficulty isn’t ...