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With temperatures Monday afternoon in the 90s, participants in this year’s Elder Abuse Awareness Walk called an audible and made laps around the Graham County Community Building’s meeting room, where a corresponding fair had just wrapped up hours earlier. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

With temperatures Monday afternoon in the 90s, participants in this year’s Elder Abuse Awareness Walk called an audible and made laps around the Graham County Community Building’s meeting room, where a corresponding fair had just wrapped up hours earlier. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Walk in their shoes

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Robbinsville – Elder abuse is a growing concern as the number of adults over the age of 65 in North Carolina grows.  By 2025, 1-in-5 residents will be over 65. Longevity creates greater opportunity for older adults to experience maltreatment, whether physical, emotional or financial.

County participating in World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Latresa Phillips
Friday, June 14, 2024
Robbinsville – June 17 has been designated as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by the United Nations’ General Assembly. The purpose of the day is to provide communities around the world with an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the abuse and neglect of older persons.

Measuring miracles: one foot at a time

Latresa Phillips
Friday, June 14, 2024
In 1991, Murphy’s Betsy Lane heard a segment on National Public Radio about getting new shoes for needy kids. As a child, she could remember her own need for shoes. She was so touched that she began collecting and donating shoes in Cherokee County.

Snake encounter triggers rescue mission

Marshall McClung
Friday, June 14, 2024
Slickrock – Graham County Rescue Squad members were dispatched around 8:25 p.m., Saturday, in response to a 911 call about a hiker having difficulties. A group of seven individuals – who were members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, from the Knoxville area – had left Big Fat Gap around 10:30 a.m.
The last section of the Corridor K project – much of which includes this strip of North Carolina Highway 28, shown Oct. 19 – has received $20 million in funding, thanks to the work of Congressman Chuck Edwards. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

The last section of the Corridor K project – much of which includes this strip of North Carolina Highway 28, shown Oct. 19 – has received $20 million in funding, thanks to the work of Congressman Chuck Edwards. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Final leg of ‘K’ gets $20 million

Kevin Hensley
Friday, June 14, 2024
Stecoah – As three separate crews progress through the massive undertaking that is the “Corridor K” expansion, the last unfunded section of the current project has received new life. In a May 28 press release, Congressional Rep.
Richard “Dick” Evans (left) was surprised by Heath Emmons with the U.S. Forest Service and the Partners of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness on Monday with the Region 8 Volunteer of the Year Award. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Richard “Dick” Evans (left) was surprised by Heath Emmons with the U.S. Forest Service and the Partners of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness on Monday with the Region 8 Volunteer of the Year Award. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

3rd time’s the charm

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 6, 2024
There are roughly 3,800 acres of land inside the borders of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Chances are, Dick Evans knows every inch of them like the back of his hand. A volunteer with the U.S.
Graham County residents will only have to wait 2 ½ more months for the return of a local urgent care, which will be housed in this building in downtown Robbinsville. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Graham County residents will only have to wait 2 ½ more months for the return of a local urgent care, which will be housed in this building in downtown Robbinsville. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care opens Aug. 1

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Robbinsville – Local residents can finally circle a day on their calendars for the return of urgent-care services to Graham County.
Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care term is 10 years

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Robbinsville – AdventHealth will enter into a 10-year contract to provide urgent- and primary-care services to Graham County.
After nearly 38 years of producing finely-crafted cheese and pottery, Bruce DeGroot and Karen Mickler of Yellow Branch Farm recently decided to shut down their operation. Photo courtesy of Sam English

After nearly 38 years of producing finely-crafted cheese and pottery, Bruce DeGroot and Karen Mickler of Yellow Branch Farm recently decided to shut down their operation. Photo courtesy of Sam English

Grate at their Kraft

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Yellow Branch – Geoffrey Chaucer is credited with developing an expression that dates to 1374, “Everything has an end.” This observation is certainly true regarding the Yellow Branch Cheese Farm, which closed its cheese production farm at the end of February.