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An outline of the area that will be treated as part of the proposed Crossover Project. Map courtesy of U.S. National Forest Service.

An outline of the area that will be treated as part of the proposed Crossover Project. Map courtesy of U.S. National Forest Service.

National Forest management plans stirs up concern

Randy Foster
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Tatham Gap – The U.S. Forest Service is developing plans to restore and protect portions of a 16,000-acre swath of land between Robbinsville and Andrews, which has many in Graham County worried.

Candidate filing resumes statewide

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Robbinsville – After an 11-week hiatus, potential candidates can resume filing for the 2022 election cycle today. The pause was forced by an uproar at the state level over long-disputed legislative maps, but the N.C.

Nantahala Regional Library card will allow statewide access

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – It’s a pesky little task, but you’re going to want to renew your library card. Doing so will open up a vast collection of publications from libraries across North Carolina. Nantahala Regional Library will soon begin using a new Integrated Library System to manage its collection.

Emmy-winning director to produce tourism videos

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – A two-time, regional Emmy Award-winning video documentarian will be producing four short-form video documentary packages to promote Graham County tourism. The Graham County Travel & Tourism Board of Directors agreed to take $33,500 from its reserve fund to pay for the packages.
Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Brush fires threaten local homes

Marshall McClung
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – Firefighters with the N.C. Forest Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Graham County Fire Department responded to a brush fire near a home on Five Point Road around 1 p.m. Friday.
An “available” sign is still in place on a 32-acre parcel sold to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by Randy Jordan and Warren Dudley Orr. The property is located between U.S. Highway 129 and Old U.S. Highway 129, with riverfront access on the Cheoah River. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

An “available” sign is still in place on a 32-acre parcel sold to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by Randy Jordan and Warren Dudley Orr. The property is located between U.S. Highway 129 and Old U.S. Highway 129, with riverfront access on the Cheoah River. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Fraud alleged in Graham County Land lawsuit

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
***Aug. 4, 2022 Update: Lawsuit settled between Graham County Land Company, Flexible Funding Former Graham County Land Company president Randy Jordan transferred land to himself and his partner from one of his other companies, sold the land for $1.

New details in 124-year-old homicide

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Sweetwater – All grave stones tell a story – even the ones too old to make out. But one gravestone in Robbinsville goes above and beyond. Thad Sherrill is buried in the Old Mother Cemetery near the Old Mother Church, under a mature shade tree that caused the gravestone to slant as the tree grew.