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Robbinsville senior Karlyn Matheson prepares to drive one of her team-leading 29 kills onto the Murphy side of the net during Oct. 3’s road match. Photo by Noah Shatzer/Cherokee Scout

Robbinsville senior Karlyn Matheson prepares to drive one of her team-leading 29 kills onto the Murphy side of the net during Oct. 3’s road match. Photo by Noah Shatzer/Cherokee Scout

Murphy evens score with Lady Knights

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Murphy – Round two went to Murphy. After breaking a four-year losing streak to the Lady Bulldogs earlier this season, Robbinsville (16-2) traveled to Cherokee County on Oct. 3 for the rematch, but fell in four sets to the defending Smoky Mountain Conference champions.
Katie McCracian, Sydney Adams, Cody Crisp and Ella Atwell (from left) show off the clay artwork they created at last week’s Arrowmont Program, held at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Katie McCracian, Sydney Adams, Cody Crisp and Ella Atwell (from left) show off the clay artwork they created at last week’s Arrowmont Program, held at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Students learn arts and crafts

News Staff
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Stecoah – The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center hosted a week-long Arrowmont ArtReach-on-the-Road program which gave more than 340 students from Graham and Swain counties the chance to spend a day studying traditional Appalachian arts and crafts in a studio setting.

Native wins nursing scholarship

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Winston-Salem – At the 2019 N.C. Nurses Association convention in Winston-Salem, Robbinsville native and University of North Carolina in Wilmington student Tobi Sellers won the Judy Knox College Scholarship. The scholarship helps fund studies at the Duke University School of Nursing in Durham.
Census Graphic

Census Graphic

Census measures poverty, population across South

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, October 10, 2019
While the U.S. Census Bureau's main objective is to count the population every 10 years, the agency also tracks our well-being through the American Community Survey.

Duke Energy seeks to raise rates

Robbi Pounds
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Raleigh – On Sept. 30, Duke Energy announced plans to raise rates for residential power by 6.7 percent in North Carolina.  This proposed hike would raise rates for commercial and industrial customers as well, but at 1.7 percent less than for residential customers.
Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker talks with the media before Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Suntrust Park. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker talks with the media before Game 5 of the National League Division Series at Suntrust Park. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

'Today is a new day'

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Marietta, Ga. – Ahead of Game 5 of the National League Division Series, Atlanta Braves skipper Brian Snitker met with media to discuss where the team is after returning home to finish the first round of the playoffs. Needless to say, everything is playing in Atlanta's favor.

Medicaid Care shifting for recipients in North Carolina

News Staff
Sunday, October 6, 2019
By Neill Caldwell Carolina Public Press North Carolina is in the process of a major transition in the way that people enrolled in Medicaid receive services, from a pay-as-you-go model to a private insurance company’s managed health care plan that participants can choose themselves. About 1.