Local

Sheriff drops lawsuit against county board

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp has dropped his lawsuit against Graham County commissioners for $209,000 in back retirement benefits, due to lack of documentation and the fact that his primary witness was dead.
Pictured is a mobile hotspot that Graham County Schools will check out for free use by those without internet. Though 300 are available, only 15 have been checked out. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Pictured is a mobile hotspot that Graham County Schools will check out for free use by those without internet. Though 300 are available, only 15 have been checked out. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Group working to improve county’s digital access

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
West Fort Hill – The Southwest Commission is researching ways to improve rural internet access – with Dogwood Health Trust grant money available – and is conducting scoping meetings to identify specific needs in North Carolina’s westernmost counties including Graham County.

And then, there were two

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – With the May primaries finally in the rearview mirror, local candidates are shifting their focus to the general election. It took a second primary for the Graham County GOP to learn who would represent its party in the race for sheriff.

Settlement reached in land company lawsuit

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Tallulah – Two key executives at Graham County Land Company reached settlement agreements with a lender that claimed to be owed millions of dollars by the bankrupted company, and all claims were dismissed against a third company officer.

Slickrock Rescue ends after 18 hours

Marshall McClung
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Getting an injured person out of the woods is never an easy task. This is especially true of the Slickrock area of Graham County. Around 7:23 p.m. July 20, Graham County 911 received a call about a hiker with a fractured ankle, who had been injured six hours earlier.

Reach opens Graham County office

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Robbinsville – More help for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault is now available in Graham County. The Cherokee County-based Reach organization has opened an office in Robbinsville, inside the Liberty Missionary Church (300 Five Points Road, Suite 2).

Surveillance camera system pitched

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Lake Santeetlah – The Graham County Sheriff’s Office is promoting a security camera system that will record vehicle license plate information and transmit that data to local government and law enforcement.
State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

AdventHealth pitches new hospital

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Robbinsville – One-of-three hospital companies vying to fill an identified need for 67 more hospital beds in Buncombe County held a “listening session” Monday in Graham County, 1-of-3 outlying counties identified as within the hospital region’s service area.