This Week in Local History: March 17, 2022

10 years ago * Graham County’s Finance Officer Becky Garland and the county staff were honored by the N.C. Department of State Treasury, for improving the county’s financial reporting. The county was awarded the top award in the state for “improvements” in financial reporting and transparency.

This Week in Local History: March 10, 2022

10 years ago * Robbinsville’s Mayor Pro Tem Bobby Smith and Pam Hysong – along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – recently signed off on the final portion of the $6 million in grants for the new wastewater treatment plant on Sandhole Road.

This Week in Local History: March 3, 2022

10 years ago * An elderly Tennessee man, Sam Watson, was lost in the mountains near Hooper Bald for two nights around Christmas 2008.

This Week in Local History: Feb. 24, 2022

10 years ago * A suspicious fire in Stecoah resulted in an arrest of a part-time Graham County resident, 50-year-old Anthony Michalik, in Clayton County, Ga. Sheriff Mickey Anderson said that the blaze destroyed a home on Peace Mountain Road.

This Week in Local History: Feb. 17, 2022

10 years ago * A lawsuit filed by the Graham County Board of Commissioners against Swain County – over a boundary dispute – was settled and resulted in establishing the boundary between the two counties as the center line of the Little Tennessee River.

This Week in Local History: Feb. 10, 2022

10 years ago * Customers that were accustomed to using the bill-pay at the Verizon Wireless store had to travel elsewhere. Verizon had served Graham County for 12 years.

This Week in Local History: Feb. 3, 2022

10 years ago * Graham County’s legendary retired moonshiner, Jim Tom Hedrick was set to be featured on Discovery Channel’s television show, “Moonshiners” in 20 episodes In the summer. Hedrick and Jeff Waldroup signed a contract with a New York production firm.

This Week in Local History: Jan. 27, 2022

10 years ago * The pastor of the Robbinsville First Baptist Church, Noah Crowe, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, hoped to shut the door allowing the possible sale of alcoholic beverages on tribal land in Graham County.

This Week in Local History: Jan. 20, 2022

10 years ago * Two Graham County detectives were checked for chemical inhalation after exposure to an active meth lab, in the home of George Mauck. Jeremy Spencer and Captain Joseph Jones went to the house after a warrant was obtained.

This Week in Local History: Jan. 13, 2022

10 years ago * Carissa Carver knew her freshman year that her senior project had to be about helping someone else. Robbinsville High School teacher Leleia Hyde suggested doing a fundraiser for the Masonic Children’s Home, for an orphanage in Oxford.