Local

Father arrested after infant death

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Robbinsville – A week-long investigation ended with the arrest of a local man. Corbin Lee Nunez, 22, was booked into the Graham County Detention Center on Monday and charged with murder in the death of an 8-month-old female infant.

Nantahala Regional Library card will allow statewide access

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – It’s a pesky little task, but you’re going to want to renew your library card. Doing so will open up a vast collection of publications from libraries across North Carolina. Nantahala Regional Library will soon begin using a new Integrated Library System to manage its collection.

Emmy-winning director to produce tourism videos

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – A two-time, regional Emmy Award-winning video documentarian will be producing four short-form video documentary packages to promote Graham County tourism. The Graham County Travel & Tourism Board of Directors agreed to take $33,500 from its reserve fund to pay for the packages.
Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Brush fires threaten local homes

Marshall McClung
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – Firefighters with the N.C. Forest Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Graham County Fire Department responded to a brush fire near a home on Five Point Road around 1 p.m. Friday.
An information kiosk is where campers would have paid the fee to use Cable Cove Campground near Lake Fontana, but the N.C. Forest Service confirmed Friday that the location would not open for the 2022 season. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

An information kiosk is where campers would have paid the fee to use Cable Cove Campground near Lake Fontana, but the N.C. Forest Service confirmed Friday that the location would not open for the 2022 season. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Cable Cove Campground shuttered

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Fontana — Cable Cove Campground, one of three National Forest campgrounds in Graham County that feature lakeside boat ramps, will not reopen in 2022, and at least half of the campground will likely never reopen. The Cable Cove boat ramp will remain open for year-round access to Fontana Lake.
An “available” sign is still in place on a 32-acre parcel sold to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by Randy Jordan and Warren Dudley Orr. The property is located between U.S. Highway 129 and Old U.S. Highway 129, with riverfront access on the Cheoah River. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

An “available” sign is still in place on a 32-acre parcel sold to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by Randy Jordan and Warren Dudley Orr. The property is located between U.S. Highway 129 and Old U.S. Highway 129, with riverfront access on the Cheoah River. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Fraud alleged in Graham County Land lawsuit

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
***Aug. 4, 2022 Update: Lawsuit settled between Graham County Land Company, Flexible Funding Former Graham County Land Company president Randy Jordan transferred land to himself and his partner from one of his other companies, sold the land for $1.

Graham County Farmer’s Market announces 2022 plans

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Robbinsville – You may know it as Graham County Farmer’s Market, but starting in 2022, there’s been a tweak. It is now Graham County Farmer’s Market & Crafts. Fourteen Farmer’s Market vendors – representing 12 tables – met on Jan.

New details in 124-year-old homicide

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Sweetwater – All grave stones tell a story – even the ones too old to make out. But one gravestone in Robbinsville goes above and beyond. Thad Sherrill is buried in the Old Mother Cemetery near the Old Mother Church, under a mature shade tree that caused the gravestone to slant as the tree grew.