Opinion

Stratton Bald – elevation 5,341 feet – is named for Robert “Bob” Stratton.

Stratton Bald – elevation 5,341 feet – is named for Robert “Bob” Stratton.

Explorers carved early Graham roads

Marshall McClung
Friday, March 18, 2022
* Part 4 in a series It is believed that John and Robert Stratton followed a trail in the 1830s, which ran from what is now Calderwood in Tennessee into the Slickrock, Bear Creek and Rock Creek areas of what is now Graham County.
With Todd Odom’s retirement looming, it felt appropriate to capture the memory with my “pal” (actually one of Todd’s nicknames for me) of one final tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum on Feb. 19. Thanks for everything.

With Todd Odom’s retirement looming, it felt appropriate to capture the memory with my “pal” (actually one of Todd’s nicknames for me) of one final tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum on Feb. 19. Thanks for everything.

Happy trails to leader of ‘The ‘Ville’

Kevin Hensley
Friday, March 18, 2022
In this industry, you develop a sort of subconscious “filter” on who – and who is not – your genuine friend.

Right in Ukraine, right in U.S.

News Staff
Friday, March 18, 2022
Ukraine is all over the news and social media these days. We should certainly be in prayer for those in Ukraine, but we should also be paying attention.

My Ukrainian roots

Roger Carlton
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Adolph Cushman was born in 1868 in a small town near Kyiv, Ukraine. He married Ida Elgart in an arranged marriage in 1888, when she was 15 years old. Adolph migrated to Montreal, Canada in 1892 to escape conscription into the Russian army.

I've been everywhere, man

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Just like the Man in Black once crooned, my job often takes me to all corners of North Carolina. In my 10 (!) years as a journalist, I have covered varying levels of news and sports in four states around the Southeast.

Learning about the tradition of Lent

Eric Reece
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The Christian season of Lent is upon us. Lent is the 40 days before Easter – excluding Sundays – that mirrors Jesus’ fasting and praying in the wilderness, where he was tempted by Satan to forsake his Heavenly Father’s will. The 40 days compared to the Israelites 40 years in the desert.
Old Cherokee trails – as this one in the Santeetlah area – were widened to accommodate wagons by early white settlers. Photo by Marshall McClung/The Graham Star

Old Cherokee trails – as this one in the Santeetlah area – were widened to accommodate wagons by early white settlers. Photo by Marshall McClung/The Graham Star

Early travel routes in Graham County

Marshall McClung
Thursday, March 3, 2022
* Part 3 in a series There is no record of travel by a white man across the towering mountains of western North Carolina – prior to 1769, when Daniel Boone made his pilgrimage. He was followed by James Robertson and 16 families that who left Wake County, N.C.

Baptism should not equal conflict

Eric Reece
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
I was perplexed how many times I ran across news concerning a priest who had used an incorrect word when officiating baptism services in his parish.  A few folks asked me if I had heard of it.

Worth of a human life

Roger Carlton
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
I was the proud grandfather of four beautiful, elementary school-age girls when 10 years ago, a deranged young man – using a Remington Bushmaster AR-15 style weapon – murdered 28 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  Twenty of these innocent victims were children just starting their lives.

Resistance continues; treaties broken

Marshall McClung
Thursday, February 17, 2022
* Part 2 in a series In June of 1760, Col. Archibald Montgomery led a force of 1,600 Scotch and English to engage a force of Cherokees. He was defeated and retreated to Fort Prince George. Following that battle in June of 1761, Col.