June 12, 1997
* Members of the combined Graham/Swain health department pleaded for a new office. Space was so limited that one unnamed staff member said that babies were being weighed on table tops. Update: A new Graham County Department of Public Health eventually opened off South Main Street in Robbinsville, but is housed off P & J Road in the Tallulah community today.
* Robbinsville Middle School and Fontana Village Resort entered into a business partnership, wherein the school would lend its services in exchange for support of Knights athletics. To jumpstart the collaboration, athletes spruced up trails around the village ahead of bike races; washed the fire truck and store fronts; and prepped the pool for its annual opening.
June 12, 1986
* In the proposed 1986-87 fiscal budget, $2,104,549 in revenue was projected and the ad valorem tax was set to be lowered from 53.5 cents to 45.2. Twelve residents attended a public hearing about the budget, with the bulk of the feedback aimed at the appropriation for the Graham County Public Library, calling a requested $41,016 a "bare-bones budget." The proposed budget allotted $36,000 for the library. Reductions were also discussed regarding Graham County Schools and the Graham County Sheriff's Office.
* State Attorney General Lacy Thornburg continued an investigation into alleged fraud within the school district, concerning the certification of a guidance counselor who received assistant principal pay between 1980-83. Thus far, the investigation had uncovered that in July 1979, Joseph Ditmore had been given "provisional approval" to act as a guidance counselor for just the 1979-80 school year, with the approval granted to help fill in due to staffing issues. However, employment records did not show Ditmore acting as a guidance counselor from 1980-83. The investigation was on-going.
June 12, 1980
* The 4-H Regional Resource Development Conference was held at Fontana Village and was attended by roughly 250 delegates from the Tennessee Valley Authority's seven watershed states. Graham County 4-H students April Adams and Steve Moody were present for the conference, along with county extension agent Raymond Norton.
* Home health services were made readily available in Graham County. Providing nursing services were registered nurses Andrea Campy and Betty Gosset, as well as licensed practical nurse Darlene Oliver.
-Compiled by publisher/editor Kevin Hensley.