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Lights glisten while showcasing the restored floor inside the Robbinsville High School gymnasium. The effort took a mere three weeks to complete. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Lights glisten while showcasing the restored floor inside the Robbinsville High School gymnasium. The effort took a mere three weeks to complete. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

High school gym floor undergoes renovation

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – Do not adjust your sets: it is the same floor that was already in place.
Asheville-area resident Mike Plemmons looks on as a car goes flying by during Saturday’s leg of the CCR-SCCA Dragon Hill Climb, which was held inside the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Plemmons has been involved with racing for over 40 years. Visit our Facebook page for more photos from Saturday’s portion of the event. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Asheville-area resident Mike Plemmons looks on as a car goes flying by during Saturday’s leg of the CCR-SCCA Dragon Hill Climb, which was held inside the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Plemmons has been involved with racing for over 40 years. Visit our Facebook page for more photos from Saturday’s portion of the event. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Need for speed

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Santeetlah – Race and road rally cars of all shapes and sizes participated in the 16th Dragon Hill Climb event over the weekend. The Central Carolinas Region of the Sports Car Club of America started hosting the event – this year called Dragon SCCA Hill Climb – in 2011. The 2.

County schools prep for new year

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools custodians – and some students – are busy getting school facilities ready for Monday, Aug. 22, the first day of school.

Local man faces kidnapping, assault charges

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – A Robbinsville man was being held in lieu of $85,000 bail on a list of charges, including felony probation violation and kidnapping, and misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, damage to personal property, and communicating threats.
Emergency personnel attend to Martha Carpenter, whose car was involved in a collision at the intersection of Woodland Heights Road and Tallulah Road (U.S. Hwy. 129) around noon July 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Emergency personnel attend to Martha Carpenter, whose car was involved in a collision at the intersection of Woodland Heights Road and Tallulah Road (U.S. Hwy. 129) around noon July 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Collision sends local woman to hospital

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Tallulah – Two vehicles collided at a Tallulah-area intersection around noon July 28, causing nearly $10,000 in damages and blocking one lane of traffic for about a half hour.

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.

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.