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Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Humvee theft leads to two-county chase

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – It started with a vehicle being taken from the Graham County Sheriff’s Office.  It continued in Cherokee County.  And it ended just shy of the Macon County line.
Robbinsville’s Jeb Shuler connects for a leadoff homer Saturday at Murphy. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Jeb Shuler connects for a leadoff homer Saturday at Murphy. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Knights drop first two games

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Murphy – For a moment, Robbinsville was in the driver’s seat. Starting pitcher Jeb Shuler led off the Knights’ road game Saturday against Murphy with a solo homer over the left-field fence, giving Robbinsville a boost of momentum before the defense even took the field.
Aynsley Fink begins her slide into second base during the April 29 regular-season finale against Hayesville. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Aynsley Fink begins her slide into second base during the April 29 regular-season finale against Hayesville. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Everything’s coming up Robbinsville

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Robbinsville – Five consecutive shutouts. Sixty-nine unanswered runs. Nineteen team home runs. Those statistics read as video-game numbers, ones you can attain if you turn on every secret code available. Only, the numbers are all too real.
Members of the Robbinsville football program share the final post-game prayer of the 2020-21 season moments after falling 24-14 to Murphy in the Western Regional championship game. The loss ended the Black Knights’ defense of the state 1A championship. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Members of the Robbinsville football program share the final post-game prayer of the 2020-21 season moments after falling 24-14 to Murphy in the Western Regional championship game. The loss ended the Black Knights’ defense of the state 1A championship. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

All good things must come to an end

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Robbinsville – It was the wrong time to have a bad game.

County to receive first J&J doses

Charlie Benton
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Robbinsville – With the pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine lifted in North Carolina and across the country, the Graham County Health Department will receive 100 doses of the vaccine this week.
A sign at the Robbinsville Wendy’s restaurant advertises help wanted, as Graham County continues to have the highest unemployment numbers in the Southwestern region. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A sign at the Robbinsville Wendy’s restaurant advertises help wanted, as Graham County continues to have the highest unemployment numbers in the Southwestern region. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A complex picture

Charlie Benton
Thursday, May 6, 2021
While people in western North Carolina are indeed returning to work, compared to the initial drastic dip with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic approximately a year ago, experts familiar with the local job market say the picture is more complicated.
Robbinsville's Sydney Farley, Maggie Knight and Gabby Hooper (from left) celebrate Senior Night on April 29. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville's Sydney Farley, Maggie Knight and Gabby Hooper (from left) celebrate Senior Night on April 29. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights begin postseason trek

Kevin Hensley
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Robbinsville – The Lady Knights' postseason journey was derailed Wednesday night, as Robbinsville fell to the visiting South Stokes Sauras (No. 15 seed, 10-4) in the first round of the 1A state playoffs, 3-0. The Lady Knights (No.
Taelyr Jackson prepares for a connection during Friday’s home game against Andrews. Jackson’s cut would result in an RBI for the Lady Knights. Photo by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Taelyr Jackson prepares for a connection during Friday’s home game against Andrews. Jackson’s cut would result in an RBI for the Lady Knights. Photo by Miranda Buchanan/Robbinsville High School Yearbook

Green, green grass of home

Kevin Hensley
Friday, April 30, 2021
Robbinsville – Everything is clicking at the right time. As the Robbinsville Lady Knights (11-1, 11-1) look ahead at the final two games of the regular season – Rosman after press time Wednesday and Hayesville on Friday, both at home – the team is firing on all cylinders.