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For more than 70 years, Jay Stewart has made sure to not let one piece of produce from his garden go to waste. He sees the ability to give away the majority of his crops as a testimony to the Lord. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Blessed to give

Latresa Phillips

Thursday, July 18, 2024

West Fort Hill – He started hoeing in the garden before he began school. By the age of eight, he could plow with a logging horse behind a No.

Bear Creek site to re-open

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Robbinsville – Plans were set in motion Tuesday night for the county to begin re-opening its closed sanitation centers. For the second time in 2024, the Graham County Board of Commissioners shut down five of the county’s dumpster sites June 15. The first closure occurred Jan.

Back to the starting line

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Robbinsville – For the second consecutive year, the Black Knights’ cross-country program will begin the season with a new head coach at the helm.

Local beekeeper Allen Wamsley carefully extracted lavender honey from a hive in the Yellow Creek community on July 3. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Lavender honey harvest draws community colony

Latresa Phillips

Thursday, July 11, 2024

It took three years for a combination of factors to sync perfectly at Marie’s Lavender Farm and yield almost 50 pounds of unique lavender honey.

Keeping a garden has been a way of life for Mitch Rogers since he was a teenager. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Deeply rooted

Latresa Phillips

Thursday, July 11, 2024

* 2nd in a 4-part series Sweetwater – From the time Mitch Rogers was around 15, he has been able to run a digging plow. He remembers helping his grandfather Bill Marr on their farm on Sweetwater. Fast forward 55 years and you will still find Rogers in the garden.

Multi-vehicle accident leaves one injured

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Tallulah – A 3-car accident Friday morning resulted in one patient being airlifted to UT Medical Center in Knoxville. According to the accident report filed by highway patrolman Kosal Thach, the incident occurred around 9:53 a.m.

Exposure charges dismissed

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Sweetgum – A District Court judge recently dismissed charges against a local man accused of exposing himself in front of a minor two weeks prior.

Town passes noise ordinance

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Robbinsville – There is now a seven-page ordinance in place regarding noise violations within the town limits. Aldermen Debbie Beasley and Kenneth Hyde passed the order at a special called meeting June 28.

Colby White speaks at the June 5 Robbinsville High School wrestling state championship ring ceremony. The Graham County alum has been appointed the new head coach of the Black Knights’ powerhouse varsity grappling program. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Decision painted in black and white

Kevin Hensley

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Robbinsville – This isn’t Colby White’s first rodeo, but the difference in program reputations is night and day.

Cheset and Jeremy Williams have carefully sculpted the side of a mountain in Graham County to become their single source for food. Photos by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Livin’ off the land

Latresa Phillips

Saturday, July 6, 2024

* 1st in a 4-part series Yellow Creek – It all started with chickens. In 2020 – when the world was on standby, thanks to the COVID pandemic – Jeremy and Cheset Williams decided it was time to make healthier choices in their diet, and bought a few chickens.