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The Robbinsville Lady Knights clinched the 2019 KSA Christmas Tournament championship Monday in Orlando. Front row (from left) are Kandace Holder, Lina Pagan, Ava Barlow, Gabby Hooper and Desta Trammell. Back row (from left) are Yeika Jimenez, Kensley Phillips, Karlyn Matheson, head coach Lucas Ford, Halee Anderson, Kennedy Cable, Cambrie Lovin and assistant coach Mitch Beasley. Photos by Brandon Lovin/Contributing Photographer

The Robbinsville Lady Knights clinched the 2019 KSA Christmas Tournament championship Monday in Orlando. Front row (from left) are Kandace Holder, Lina Pagan, Ava Barlow, Gabby Hooper and Desta Trammell. Back row (from left) are Yeika Jimenez, Kensley Phillips, Karlyn Matheson, head coach Lucas Ford, Halee Anderson, Kennedy Cable, Cambrie Lovin and assistant coach Mitch Beasley. Photos by Brandon Lovin/Contributing Photographer

Lady Knights win tourney championship

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Orlando – You can now refer to the Robbinsville Lady Knights as “KSA Tournament Champions.

Resolutions: helpful or hurtful?

Robbi Pounds
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Here we are, in the first week of a new year. Tis the season for new diets, financial budgeting and house-cleaning agendas, but is there really any point to New Year’s resolutions? Do they ever last? Half of New Year’s resolutions fail, with ¹∕3 not even surviving until February.
Robbinsville senior Cambrie Lovin scored her 1,000th career point during the KSA tournament in Orlando on Saturday. Lovin is pictured with parents Brandon and Haley, moments after achieving the accomplishment.

Robbinsville senior Cambrie Lovin scored her 1,000th career point during the KSA tournament in Orlando on Saturday. Lovin is pictured with parents Brandon and Haley, moments after achieving the accomplishment.

1,000 reasons to smile

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Orlando – Cambrie Lovin has joined a distinguished class. The Robbinsville Lady Knights' senior recorded her 1,000th career point Saturday, during the semifinals of the KSA Events Holiday Basketball Tournament in Orlando.  Though it happened in the fourth quarter of the game against St.
As the tobacco industry continues to brainstorm new ways to sell products, vaping has emerged as one of the more-popular alternative to cigarettes. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

As the tobacco industry continues to brainstorm new ways to sell products, vaping has emerged as one of the more-popular alternative to cigarettes. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Throngs of addiction

News Staff
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
By Matthew Miller Special to The Graham Star In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic to the Americas.  Upon his arrival, he was greeted by Native Americans with food, shelter and tobacco.

"We just never took no for an answer"

Robbi Pounds
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
David Maennle always wanted to be the seventh generation to live on his family’s land in the Sweetwater community of Graham County. In a matter of months, his dream will come true.

Judge blocks new voter ID law

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The latest step in the controversial decision that will require North Carolina voters to show ID when they visit the polls this year took a major turn last week. U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs announced on Dec.

"The 'Ville" Shines at Great Grapple

Kevin Hensley
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Asheville – Representatives from the Robbinsville wrestling program traveled to the U.S. Cellular Center on Friday and Saturday to compete in the Great Smoky Mountain Grapple tournament.

Black Knights fall in opener

Kevin Hensley
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Robbinsville – With football season over, the Robbinsville basketball program finally tipped off its 2019-20 campaign on Dec. 19. But playing host to the Smoky Mountain Mustangs (3-4), the Black Knights (0-2, 0-1) started the year off on a sour note, dropping a 75-39 affair.
Robbinsville’s Yeika Jimenez (20) swats the ball out of the hands of Smoky Mountain’s Natalie Passis during the Dec. 19 home opener. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Yeika Jimenez (20) swats the ball out of the hands of Smoky Mountain’s Natalie Passis during the Dec. 19 home opener. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Lady Knights split slate

Kevin Hensley
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Hayesville – It wasn’t the conference opener Robbinsville had in mind. After knocking off 2A Smoky Mountain (5-2) for a 55-47 win on Dec.
Charlotte Davis, Elizabeth Solario and Nathalie Solario listen intently as Amber Davis (back left) and Youth Services Librarian Bridget Wilson look on during the inaugural N.C. Arborteum ecoExplore orinthology class at the Graham County Public Library on Dec. 19. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Charlotte Davis, Elizabeth Solario and Nathalie Solario listen intently as Amber Davis (back left) and Youth Services Librarian Bridget Wilson look on during the inaugural N.C. Arborteum ecoExplore orinthology class at the Graham County Public Library on Dec. 19. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

County library celebrates year with open house

Robbi Pounds
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Robbinsville – The Graham County Public Library threw an open house Dec. 19, to mark the end of another year of growth. Patrons enjoyed an afternoon buffet of snacks, while students of the Mountain Music Program provided musical accompaniment on their guitars.