Asbestos, lead-based paint removal to cost $100K
Kevin Hensley
Robbinsville – The presence of toxic materials inside the Graham County Detention Center is forcing a six-figure repair bill.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
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A routine probation visit earlier this month ultimately yielded 348 grams of methamphetamine. Photo courtesy of N.C. Department of Adult Correction
Probation visit results in meth bust
Kevin Hensley
Ronnie Ray Underwood, Jr.
Sweetgum – Deputies with the Graham County Sheriff’s Office accompanied North Carolina Probation and Parole on a June 4 home visit and left with much more than a check-in from the resident.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
8 Lady Knights named All-Conference
Kevin Hensley
A 24-win season and the program’s second trip to the Western Regional Finals resulted in the Robbinsville Lady Knights nabbing top honors when the All-Smoky Mountain Conference lineup was revealed at the end of the season.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Millage same, but water bill increases on-tap in Lake Santeetlah
Kevin Hensley
Lake Santeetlah – A local municipality is planning to maintain the status quo for the 2024-25 budget, while slightly bumping up its water-usage rates, all in the name of planning ahead.
The Town of Lake Santeetlah has affirmed that its millage rate will remain .
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Mayor fined $183 for assault
Kevin Hensley
Robbinsville – The fallout from an incident at a Lake Santeetlah council meeting last year has reached its conclusion.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Town doubling down on water cutoffs
Kevin Hensley
Robbinsville – Leniency will soon go out the window.
While discussing the Town of Robbinsville’s planned 2024-25 fiscal budget at a special-called meeting Tuesday, town clerk Amanda Gyongyos revealed that water/sewer customers in the municipality have a combined $24,000 in past due balances.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
New options presented for justice center
Kevin Hensley
Robbinsville – The workshop that preceded Tuesday’s Graham County Board of Commissioners meeting provided some crucial insight on the planned construction of a new justice center.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
5 Black Knights named All-Conference
Kevin Hensley
The best season of Robbinsville High School baseball in over a decade was handsomely rewarded when this year’s All-Smoky Mountain Conference list was revealed at the conclusion of the campaign.
Friday, June 14, 2024
Young hikers located
Marshall McClung
The Graham County 911 Center was notified around 5:25 p.m. Monday of two young children from Georgia missing on the Appalachian Trail.
The boy and girl – ages 8 and 9 – were hiking with their father in the vicinity of Brown Fork Gap when they became separated.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Emma Beasley (left) and Memory Frapp are Robbinsville High School’s respective Class of 2024 salutatorian and valedictorian. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com
No comparison needed
Kevin Hensley
Robbinsville – The melting pot that is public education often unites students with very different interests.
Outside of math and a shared desire to enter the field of healthcare, Memory Ann Marie Frapp and Emma Grace Beasley have little else in common.
Thursday, June 6, 2024