This Week in Local History: Jan. 6, 2022

10 years ago * Paul Brian Ledbetter was arrested for manufacturing meth, five counts of possession of meth, possession of drug paraphernalia, distribution of meth, maintaining a vehicle and dwelling for illegal activities.

This Week in Local History: Dec. 30, 2021

10 years ago * A series of winter storms paralyzed Graham County. Up to a foot or more of snow fell during these storms, keeping road crews busy with overtime hours. U.S. 129 South and the parking lot at The Graham Star were clogged with snow before the crews could clear the roads.

This Week in Local History: Dec. 23, 2021

10 years ago * After an 18-foot, head-first fall, Corey Snider was alive and well. An employee for Robbinsville Custom Molding, Snider was thrown backwards on concrete.

This Week in Local History: Dec. 9, 2021

10 years ago * Graham County Sheriff Mickey Anderson was planning to send some of his deputies to training for certification to clean up methamphetamine labs. The sheriff’s office had busted two meth labs in recent months, leaving the county paying the state and a Knoxville, Tenn.

This Week in Local History: Dec. 2, 2021

10 years ago * Two brothers were rescued by the Graham County Rescue Squad in the Joyce Kilmer-Slick-Rock Wilderness area. Kyle and Curt Rogers of Greenville, S.C. and Charlotte, N.C., took the Hangover Bald Lead Trail expecting to take a round trip and loop back to Big Foot Gap.

This Week in Local History: Nov. 25, 2021

10 years ago * Local man Donnie Stiles won the lottery and split his $200,000 Powerball win, with his aunt Connie. Connie and Donnie occasionally played the lottery for fun, whenever the mood hit them, agreeing to share the money if one of them won. On Oct.

This Week in Local History: Nov. 18, 2021

10 years ago * Graham County native Jessica Cooper came back home to work after ten years in Greensboro, rounding out her education. She was hired as the administrator for the state’s newest town, Fontana Dam.

This Week in Local History: Nov. 11, 1971

10 years ago * A Tennessee man drowned when his vehicle left U.S. 129 and flipped into a pond near Jutts Creek, south of Robbinsville. Per N.C. trooper Shawn Wilson, James Wade, 36 of Rogersville, Tenn., “apparently fell asleep at the wheel.

This Week in Local History: Nov. 4, 2021

10 years ago * A Graham County native accepted the Country Music Award for Radio Station of the Year. Ida Mae Millsaps, known on-air as Nikki Thomas, is the daughter of the late Bill and Wilma Millsaps, and was the director of radio station KATM. Ida Mae lived in Modesto, Calif.

This Week in Local History: Oct. 28, 2021

10 years ago * A meth lab was busted in Panther Creek, which produced two types of meth; “Shake and bake” and red phosphorous, also known as “Nazi Meth.” Graham County Sheriff Mickey Anderson said, “We’re whittling it down,” due to four drug busts in the area in recent months.