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Does prohibition reduce drinking?

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 9, 2020
While Graham County appears to be the outlier as the only county in North Carolina prohibiting alcohol sales, a total of 18 million Americans also live in dry counties.

Schools receive $3M in grants

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight announced that the district has received a total of $3,378,800 in grant money during the past three months at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting.

Attorney general won’t push for voter ID in 2020 primary

News Staff
Friday, January 3, 2020
By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service Raleigh — N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein will not seek to restore North Carolina’s voter identification requirement for the 2020 primary election. The decision announced Thursday, Jan. 2, prompted criticism from the state’s top elected Republican.

Judge blocks voter ID law for entire 2020 election cycle

News Staff
Thursday, January 2, 2020
By Rick Henderson Carolina Journal News Service Raleigh — Barring a successful and rapid appeal, North Carolina’s voter ID requirement for the March 2020 primary looks dead. U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs blocked Senate Bill 824 in an order issued Tuesday, Dec. 31.
The Phillips Historic Motel was the Best Business winner of the REVVED UP Christmas decoration contest. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

The Phillips Historic Motel was the Best Business winner of the REVVED UP Christmas decoration contest. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

REVVED UP announces Christmas lights winners

News Staff
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
By John Colwell REVVED UP Robbinsville – We want to thank all the residents and businesses who participated in REVVED UP Robbinsville’s first ever outdoor Christmas decoration contest.

Resolutions: helpful or hurtful?

Robbi Pounds
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Here we are, in the first week of a new year. Tis the season for new diets, financial budgeting and house-cleaning agendas, but is there really any point to New Year’s resolutions? Do they ever last? Half of New Year’s resolutions fail, with ¹∕3 not even surviving until February.
As the tobacco industry continues to brainstorm new ways to sell products, vaping has emerged as one of the more-popular alternative to cigarettes. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

As the tobacco industry continues to brainstorm new ways to sell products, vaping has emerged as one of the more-popular alternative to cigarettes. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Throngs of addiction

News Staff
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
By Matthew Miller Special to The Graham Star In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic to the Americas.  Upon his arrival, he was greeted by Native Americans with food, shelter and tobacco.

"We just never took no for an answer"

Robbi Pounds
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
David Maennle always wanted to be the seventh generation to live on his family’s land in the Sweetwater community of Graham County. In a matter of months, his dream will come true.

Judge blocks new voter ID law

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The latest step in the controversial decision that will require North Carolina voters to show ID when they visit the polls this year took a major turn last week. U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Biggs announced on Dec.