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According to projections, the 2019-20 winter will be more harsh that normal.

According to projections, the 2019-20 winter will be more harsh that normal.

"Polar Coaster" Coming

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
With the first snow of the season now in the rear-view mirror, the question of the coming winter’s severity has crossed the minds of many a mountain-dweller.  Fortunately, there is no shortage of forecasts, ranging from those based on science to those focused on tradition and folklore.

New election office on the way

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Graham County Board of Elections chairman Juanita Colvard provided the latest update on a planned move into a new facility. Colvard has been speaking with Jason Marino – the new county project manager – about re-modeling a wing in the Graham County Community Building.

Nichols named scholarship finalist

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Local high school senior Emma Nichols has been named a semi-finalist for the 2020 class of the Coca-Cola Scholars Program, moving to the next round of the selection process to become a Coca-Cola Scholar, which will see 150 college scholarships worth $20,000 awarded.
Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Robbinsville High School’s Health Occupational Students of America club recently competed in the regional competition at Southwestern Community College. Front row (from left) are Tayla Millsaps, Emma Nichols and Leah Cody. Second row (from left) are Alexis McKinney, Lexy Daniels, Colby Lovin and Gabby Hooper. Back row (from left) are Karlyn Matheson, Brock Adams and Bryce Teesateskie.

Local HOSA students advance to state finals

News Staff
Friday, December 13, 2019
Sylva – The Health Occupational Students of America club at Robbinsville High School traveled to Southwestern Community College on Friday, Nov. 15, to compete in the Regional Leadership Competition.  Robbinsville’s HOSA club continues to increase their wins each year and this year was no different.

Child molester gets 16 years

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – Superior Court Judge William H. Coward sentenced Timothy Cecil Walters, 47, of Robbinsville to a minimum of 16 years in the N.C. Department of Corrections during Graham County Superior Court on Dec. 5.  Walters’ sentence could run as long as 24 years, three months.

Town weighs new system

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 13, 2019
Robbinsville – An automated system that would alert customers of water outages was heavily discussed at Dec. 4’s Town of Robbinsville meeting. Shari Birchfield laid out the research done thus far on the system.

Wife, warrior, leader, mother

Robbi Pounds
Friday, December 13, 2019
While traveling through Cherokee lands in 1767, a Spaniard named Solis wrote in his diary of “an Indian woman of great authority and following whom they call ‘great lady.

Apple stack cake has layers of tradition

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Apple stack cake – also known as dried apple stack cake, apple jack stack cake, Appalachian stack cake and both Kentucky and Tennessee stack cake – is an Appalachian creation that has graced holiday tables for the past 300 years.

Search and rescue find new tool

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Robbinsville – Luke Ritter, owner of Ritter Aerial Solutions, has used drones in search and rescue operations approximately five times in the mountains of western North Carolina in the past five years. “My search and rescue team, teambursar.