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Leaving big shoes to fill

Robbi Pounds

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Tallulah – When Graham County’s Marshall McClung began his dual careers in search and rescue and wilderness firefighting in 1967, Lyndon B. Johnson was president.

Keeping tradition alive through art

Robbi Pounds

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

According to Luke Swimmer’s mother, he became an artist at the age of two, when he first picked up pencils and began to draw. “My whole family is artistic,” said Swimmer. “My grandma was known for her pottery and my other grandmother painted.

'School is still the safest place to be'

Robbi Pounds

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Robbinsville – “Statistically, public school is the safest place in America,” said Graham County Schools’ Assistant Superintendent Robert Moody.

Even Alleghany defensive back Lucas Wigg (31) could not slow down Robbinsville’s Lex Hooper on Nov. 21. The Knights’ running back scored three touchdowns in a 40-22, second-round playoff win over the Trojans. Photos by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

Trojan horse

Kevin Hensley

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Robbinsville – It’s time for Knights/Bulldogs II. Only this time, it will be under the Big Oaks. Robbinsville (12-0) knocked off the visiting Alleghany Trojans (4-9) in the second round of the 1A state playoffs on Nov.

State congressional candidate filing put on hold

News Staff

Saturday, November 23, 2019

By Kirk Ross Carolina Public Press Less than a week after legislators approved new districts in a party line vote, the three-judge panel overseeing the latest redistricting lawsuit put candidate filing in elections for North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts on hold.

Middle school Knights off to hot start

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Robbinsville – An explosive offense has propelled the Robbinsville Middle School Black Knights to a 2-0 start to the season. Hosting Rosman in the season opener Nov. 7 and Cherokee on Nov.

Snowbird resident Onita Bush (center) was presented with the One Dozen Who Care’s Community Treasure Award on Saturday, Nov. 9. With Bush is organization founder Ann Miller Woodford and director Dawn Colbert.

Local woman receives Community Treasure Award

News Staff

Thursday, November 21, 2019

One Dozen Who Care, Inc. presented the Community Treasure Award to community leader and Indigenous Matriarch Onita Bush at their annual Elder Diner celebration, which was held Saturday, Nov. 9.

Dr. Debbie Denise Reece is hopeful of a 100 percent response to the upcoming 2020 census, as demonstrated by her speech at the GREAT meeting Nov. 14. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

GREAT meeting focuses on 2020 census

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Fontana Dam – The latest GREAT (Graham Revitalization Economic Action Team) meeting, hosted by the Fontana Village Resort and Marina and sponsored by Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, took place at the resort’s lodge Nov. 14 and included a guest speaker, as well as a Thanksgiving feast.

Spirit of a Warrior

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Native Americans volunteer for service in the U.S. Armed Forces at a rate three times higher than non-Natives.

Budget impasse impacts Medicaid

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Raleigh – N.C. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen recently warned that her office “can’t make a February start date” for Medicaid transformation “without a state budget in place.” As of Friday, the state legislature was still at a budget impasse.