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A contractor and local HUD authority are at odds over electrical work in this Snider Circle home. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A contractor and local HUD authority are at odds over electrical work in this Snider Circle home. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

Contractor, HUD reach impasse

Charlie Benton
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Robbinsville – A local woman and daughter are being threatened with eviction, as sparks fly between a local contractor and local U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrator Four Square Community Action.

Donations accepted through end of month

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Graham County Sheriff’s Office has made plans to spread its own brand of holiday joy this year. The third annual Shop with a Cop will take place in December, where the office buys Christmas presents for county families.

Picking up the pieces

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Robbinsville – A local woman and her family are being forced to start over. Emergency personnel responded to a call about a structure fire on Eller Branch Road around in the early morning hours Nov. 4.
The unusual landscape of Vietnam is just one obstacle Graham County resident Bob Lewis experienced while defending the United States.

The unusual landscape of Vietnam is just one obstacle Graham County resident Bob Lewis experienced while defending the United States.

Semper fi

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Sweetwater – Always faithful. Always loyal.  Those are the English translations of the Latin phrase Semper Fidelis, the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps. Spend one minute with Bob Lewis, and you will quickly learn that he exudes those traits: faithful and loyal. A native of Hagerstown, Md.

Another outbreak at nursing home

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Milltown – After overcoming a wave of 43 residents and 21 staff members testing positive for COVID-19 in August and September, Graham Healthcare & Rehabilitation has been hit with another outbreak.

Viar arraigned on statutory sex charges

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Robbinsville – A mere seven days passed between Devin McKinnley Viar’s DWI conviction and new charges being filed on the 25-year-old former Graham County sheriff’s deputy. Viar, who lists an address of 452 Old U.S. 129, had a warrant for his arrest filed on Oct. 14.

Record numbers for Graham

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 5, 2020
The 2020 election was perhaps the most discussed in our nation’s history and thus, states reported new records for the early-voting process.

Too close to call

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 5, 2020
At 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, five states were still unable to determine a winner in the 2020 Presidential race.