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Nearly 800 people attended Saturday’s Lost in the Mountains Bulls and Barrels Rodeo – an even bigger audience than the crowd that turned out for Friday’s opener. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Nearly 800 people attended Saturday’s Lost in the Mountains Bulls and Barrels Rodeo – an even bigger audience than the crowd that turned out for Friday’s opener. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

So, you wanna be a cowboy?

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Crowds packed the stands both nights at the Lost in the Mountains Bulls and Barrels Rodeo over the weekend, the first local rodeo in decades.

First voter challenge evidentiary hearing set

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Robbinsville – The first of two voter challenges pertaining to the outcome of the 2021 Town of Lake Santeetlah election results has been set. John and Tina Emerson will be challenged at a 9 a.m. hearing Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Graham County Community Building, 196 Knight St.
Chase Lancaster of Lancaster Rodeo Productions oversees the unloading and installation of a bull ring in a field behind the old Bemis Lumber Yard on Sept. 1. Lancaster is producing a rodeo – the first in Robbinsville in decades – to be held this weekend. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Chase Lancaster of Lancaster Rodeo Productions oversees the unloading and installation of a bull ring in a field behind the old Bemis Lumber Yard on Sept. 1. Lancaster is producing a rodeo – the first in Robbinsville in decades – to be held this weekend. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Weekend rodeo first of several upcoming events

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Snowbird – The first rodeo in Robbinsville in decades will be held Friday and Saturday, behind the old Bemis Lumber Yard (670 Snowbird Road).
Plans are in progress to repair a washed-out section of the lower loop trail at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, which has left half the loop inaccessible off and on for about two years. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Plans are in progress to repair a washed-out section of the lower loop trail at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, which has left half the loop inaccessible off and on for about two years. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Help is on the way

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 8, 2022
At Nantahala National Forest’s Cheoah District, which encompasses around 2/3 of Graham County, it’s been a rough couple of years.

Leaders hear concerns at special meeting

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County’s state legislators were in Robbinsville on Sept. 1, to hear concerns from county government and school officials about funding needs, and the impacts of state legislation on local spending.
A model of a C-141B cargo jet sits on a pedestal amid roses and U.S. flags distributed to surviving family members of the crew of nine Air Force servicemen killed in a crash on Aug. 31, 1982, at a memorial service held on the 40-year anniversary of the tragedy. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

A model of a C-141B cargo jet sits on a pedestal amid roses and U.S. flags distributed to surviving family members of the crew of nine Air Force servicemen killed in a crash on Aug. 31, 1982, at a memorial service held on the 40-year anniversary of the tragedy. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Aug. 31, 1982

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Cherohala – It was a tragedy that did more than cut short the lives of nine elite U.S.
A life-flight helicopter takes off from the West Buffalo Creek bridge – just below the Cherohala Skyway – on Aug. 23, after a motorcycle crash. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

A life-flight helicopter takes off from the West Buffalo Creek bridge – just below the Cherohala Skyway – on Aug. 23, after a motorcycle crash. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Alabama man life-flighted after Skyway motorcycle crash

Randy Foster
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Cherohala – An Alabama motorcyclist was airlifted for medical treatment after he ran off the road and crashed on Cherohala Skyway on Aug. 23. The crash occurred on a sharp bend of Cherohala Skyway between West Buffalo Road and Santeetlah Road, according to the Highway Patrol report.