This Week in Local History: July 28, 2022

10 years ago * According to Superintendent Chip Carringer, the Graham County Board of Education plans to file a lawsuit against the county commission in Graham County Superior Court, to challenge $200,000 in school cuts that were approved by the commission in the new budget.

This Week in Local History: July 21, 2022

10 years ago * A ground-breaking was held for Robbinsville’s $7.4 million wastewater treatment plant on Sandhole Road. The emcee for the event was Mayor Pro-Tem Bobby Smith, who said that the groundbreaking was a historic occasion for the town.

This Week in Local History: July 14, 2022

10 years ago * Officers arrived at an apartment on Moose Branch, finding Trenton Ray Fabian having two stab wounds. The suspect, Shawn Todd Underwood fled the scene and was tracked by a canine unit to a field on Cody’s Creek.

This Week in Local History: July 7, 2022

10 years ago * About 100 people came through the Graham County Community Center to offer support and birthday wishes to congressional candidate Hayden Rogers. Rogers was a Robbinsville native and a Democratic nominee for the U.S. Congress, 11th District.

This Week in Local History: June 30, 2022

10 years ago * A 95-year-old man from Florida was rescued by local officials after falling and becoming very sick on the Appalachian Trail. After two hikers discovered the injured hiker, they ran up to Yellow Creek Gap to get cell service.

This Week in Local History: June 23, 2022

10 years ago * The Sports Car Club of America held their second Chasing the Dragon Hill Climb at Maple Springs, near Joyce Kilmer Forest. The event kicked off with a street party in downtown Robbinsville.

This Week in Local History: June 16, 2022

10 years ago * Two workers were injured and a county garbage truck was totaled in a wreck on U.S. 129 at Jack Branch Road-curve. Truck driver, Dale Anderson and Trent Fabian, both were airlifted to Mission Hospital in Asheville and were treated and released.

This week in local history: June 16, 2022

10 years ago * Two workers were injured and a county garbage truck was totaled in a wreck on U.S. 129 at Jack Branch Road-curve. Truck driver, Dale Anderson and Trent Fabian, both were airlifted to Mission Hospital in Asheville and were treated and released.

This Week in Local History: June 9, 2022

10 years ago * Approximately 30 people gathered at Fontana for the “A Time to Remember” celebration, held in recognition of the families who sacrificed their land, homes and way of life to make way for Fontana Dam.

This Week in Local History: June 2, 2022

10 years ago * There were 77 students that received their diplomas in one of the earliest graduation ceremonies in the schools history. Thanks to an earlier start to the school year, students attending county schools were released almost two weeks earlier than any of the surrounding schools.