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New election office on the way

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Graham County Board of Elections chairman Juanita Colvard provided the latest update on a planned move into a new facility. Colvard has been speaking with Jason Marino – the new county project manager – about re-modeling a wing in the Graham County Community Building.

Nichols named scholarship finalist

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Local high school senior Emma Nichols has been named a semi-finalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program, moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar, which will see 150 college scholarships worth $20,000 awarded.
Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Local HOSA students advance to state finals

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Sylva – The Health Occupational Students of America club at Robbinsville High School traveled to Southwestern Community College on Friday, Nov. 15, to compete in the Regional Leadership Competition.  Robbinsville’s HOSA club continues to increase their wins each year and this year was no different.

Child molester gets 16 years

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Superior Court Judge William H. Coward sentenced Timothy Cecil Walters, 47, of Robbinsville to a minimum of 16 years in the N.C. Department of Corrections during Graham County Superior Court on Dec. 5.  Walters’ sentence could run as long as 24 years, three months.

Town weighs new system

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – An automated system that would alert customers of water outages was heavily discussed at Dec. 4’s Town of Robbinsville meeting. Shari Birchfield laid out the research done thus far on the system.

Wife, warrior, leader, mother

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
While traveling through Cherokee lands in 1767, a Spaniard named Solis wrote in his diary of “an Indian woman of great authority and following whom they call ‘great lady.
Members of the Robbinsville Black Knights crowd around the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy moments after defeating the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons 28-14 on Friday night. Photo by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

Members of the Robbinsville Black Knights crowd around the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy moments after defeating the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons 28-14 on Friday night. Photo by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

Kings of the West

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – In the final home game of the year, the Black Knights showed why they are 14-0. Robbinsville welcomed the Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons on Friday night, to determine the 1A Western Regional champion.
Robbinsville High School principal David Matheson (right) presents Black Knight players (from left) Carlos Wesley, Grady Garland, Kamron McGuire, Clayson Lane and Rylee Anderson with the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy, moments after a 28-14 win over Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy on Friday night. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville High School principal David Matheson (right) presents Black Knight players (from left) Carlos Wesley, Grady Garland, Kamron McGuire, Clayson Lane and Rylee Anderson with the 1A Western Regional Championship trophy, moments after a 28-14 win over Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy on Friday night. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Knights reach 1A state title game

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 6, 2019
Robbinsville – For the first time since 2015, Robbinsville is heading to the state finals. The Black Knights (14-0) defeated the visiting Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Gryphons (12-2) to win the 1A Western Regional Championship Friday night, 28-14.

Knights split with Jackets

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 5, 2019
  Robbinsville – In the lone middle school hoops action of the week, Robbinsville hosted Hayesville on Nov. 25. The Lady Knights improved to 3-1 by picking up a 46-36 victory, while the Knights (3-1) suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of a 54-32 Jackets triumph.