Regional

Cross-country season ends at regionals

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Newton – Robbinsville’s cross-country team capped off another successful season during the 1A Western Regional meet Saturday at Southside Park. Sophomore Aynsley Fink was the top finisher for Robbinsville, as her time of 21:58.34 was good for 16th overall in the girls race.

The Robbinsville PeeWees were all smiles after winning the Cracker Bowl championship Saturday in Franklin. Photo by Jenny Millsaps/Contributing Photographer

Cracker Bowl Champs!

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Franklin – It was a nailbiter, but Robbinsville got the job done.

Trees surrounding Lake Santeetlah display some late-blooming fall colors. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Fall color comes late

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 7, 2019

As any resident of western North Carolina is aware, fall color has come late to the mountains this year. The combination of record-setting high temperatures in September – along with the drought that followed – both slowed and muted the changing of the leaves.

Pair of big amendments struck down at meeting

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Robbinsville – Tuesday’s meeting of the Graham County Board of Commissioners included a presentation by Rose Bauguess of the Southwestern Commission Council of Governments and Wanda Austin of Division 14 of the NCDOT.

Tatham Gap Road was built as part of the Trail of Tears in 1836. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Rough road, dark history

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Robbinsville – There is an alternative route between Andrews and Robbinsville: one not burdened with traffic, but fraught with history. Tatham Gap Road, known to sports enthusiasts as the “Gravel Dragon,” is a U.S.

Surrounded by a pack of Wildcats – six to be exact – Robbinsville senior Rylee Anderson trucks ahead during Friday’s 28-7 win over Andrews. Anderson broke the all-time Black Knights rushing record in the fourth quarter of the game. Photo by Byron Housley/The Graham Star

5,614 steps to history

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Robbinsville – Rylee Anderson entered Friday’s regular-season home finale against Andrews just 152 yards shy of rewriting the record books. Anderson broke free on the third Robbinsville snap from scrimmage for a 68-yard rushing touchdown.

WNC offers admission to community college graduates

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Cullowhee – Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and Southwestern Community College President Don Tomas established the Catamount Compass Program on Oct. 1, which guarantees admission to Western Carolina for all Southwestern graduates who meet certain criteria.

Governor forms council to expand film industry

Robbi Pounds

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Wilmington – Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order creating the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming on Oct. 22. The 15-person council will spearhead efforts to expand the state’s film industry.

Cleaning up the town

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, October 31, 2019

One month removed from worried citizens strategizing in a public forum with the Graham County Sheriff’s Office on the rampant drug problem plaguing the area, law enforcement officials are holding up their end of the bargain.

Renowned suicide expert to speak at Western Carolina

News Staff

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Cullowhee – Western Carolina University will welcome Thomas W. Joiner Jr., one of the world’s leading authorities on suicide, to speak as part of its doctor of psychology program’s speaker series. Joiner’s talk, “Why People Die By Suicide,” will be presented at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.