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A celebration of Linda Buchanan’s 31 years of service at Tallulah Health Clinic will take place Saturday at Robbinsville High School. Buchanan is pictured with Dr. Patricia Johnson, who has organized the event.

A celebration of Linda Buchanan’s 31 years of service at Tallulah Health Clinic will take place Saturday at Robbinsville High School. Buchanan is pictured with Dr. Patricia Johnson, who has organized the event.

"Party for Poss" Saturday

News Staff
Thursday, January 23, 2020
By Dr. Patricia Johnson Special to The Graham Star   On Saturday, our community – led by Dr.
Pinto beans are a pivotal part of any Appalachian diet. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Pinto beans are a pivotal part of any Appalachian diet. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Pinto beans, the winter staple

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 23, 2020
“No matter the day, no matter the weather, no matter what else was happening in the world, I was sure of this: cracklin’ cornbread and pinto beans with fat back would always be found in her house.
A tobacco barn on Hwy. 143, captured after snow fell in Graham County in Jan. 2018. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

A tobacco barn on Hwy. 143, captured after snow fell in Graham County in Jan. 2018. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Fading barns harken simple times

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Half a million tobacco barns once sat in North Carolina fields.  In recent decades, many states have actively discouraged tobacco production, while industrialized farming methods rendered tobacco barns largely irrelevant to the modern farm.
Madison Coffey, Isabelle Handy, Daniella Giese, Ashley Ruston, Catherine Cloutier, Matthew Griffin, Craig Bucci and Slesha Tuladhar (clockwise from bottom left) work on Valentine’s Day cards for troops stationed overseas Friday at the Snowbird Community Library. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Madison Coffey, Isabelle Handy, Daniella Giese, Ashley Ruston, Catherine Cloutier, Matthew Griffin, Craig Bucci and Slesha Tuladhar (clockwise from bottom left) work on Valentine’s Day cards for troops stationed overseas Friday at the Snowbird Community Library. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Love from afar

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Snowbird – The Snowbird Community Library hosted the second annual Valentine’s Cards for our Troops event Friday, which saw nearly a dozen visitors from all over the world crafting Valentines for soldiers deployed overseas.

Middle school ready for tourney

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Rosman – High-tournament seeding lies ahead for the Robbinsville Middle School basketball program. Following a pair of road victories at Cherokee and Rosman, the Black Knights finished the season 11-2.  Meanwhile, the Lady Knights dropped their final two games and ended the campaign 9-4.

Knights mow down division

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Robbinsville – Amidst a hectic week – filled with conference matches aplenty – Robbinsville wrestling rose to the occasion. The Knights disposed of Murphy 74-6 and Hayesville 60-17 in a Cherokee County tri-match Jan. 9, before traveling to Rosman and downing the Tigers 75-6.

They came to play

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Robbinsville – Anyone reading the record book in the future will come across Friday’s home game against Swain County and see that Robbinsville suffered its eighth loss of the season. Perhaps what might get overlooked is just how close the game was.