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Charles Eugene “Gene” Carringer, Sr.

News Staff
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Charles Eugene “Gene” Carringer, Sr., 90 of Oak Ridge, Tenn., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at NHC-Farragut. He was born on Oct. 3, 1931 in Stecoah, N.C.
Appalachian Road Show will perform as a part of Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center’s “An Appalachian Evening” series at 7 p.m. Saturday. Photo courtesy of Erick Anderson Photography & Design

Appalachian Road Show will perform as a part of Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center’s “An Appalachian Evening” series at 7 p.m. Saturday. Photo courtesy of Erick Anderson Photography & Design

‘Authenticity never goes out of style’

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Stecoah – To sit back and enjoy a performance by Appalachian Road Show is to sit back and enjoy a trip through musical history. In today’s market, it’s a challenge to be unique enough to stick out from the rest of the pack.
Cameron and Hannah Anderson (left) stand with Hannah’s grandfather Billy Holder, who is helping them with their garden off Lower Stecoah Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Cameron and Hannah Anderson (left) stand with Hannah’s grandfather Billy Holder, who is helping them with their garden off Lower Stecoah Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Sitting under the learning tree

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Stecoah – Billy Holder was the last gardener featured in The Graham Star’s “Green Thumbs” series in 2021. The 88-year-old Stecoah resident had three gardens back then (he has four now), but this story is about the torch he handed off this year to his granddaughter, Hannah Anderson.

Brush fire stopped shy of home

Marshall McClung
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Stecoah – A debris fire got out of control and threatened a home April 28, in the Briggs Cove section of Stecoah. Graham County 911 received a call that a fire was out of control around noon. Firefighters with the N.C. Forest Service, U.S.
Kelly Karr poses at Stecoah Gap in Graham County on May 5 during a break in her 2,190-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Kelly Karr poses at Stecoah Gap in Graham County on May 5 during a break in her 2,190-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Solo trek

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Stecoah – After logging 150 miles on the Appalachian Trail since mid-February, on May 5 – with a good night’s sleep in her own bed behind her – Graham County resident Kelly Karr got a ride to Stecoah Gap from her husband Raymond and resumed her 2,190-mile journey.
Phyllis Hoffman, Bonnie Dodson, Tere Moore, Eileen Kallmayer, Nancy Norcross and Victoria Baker (from left) pose with some of the goods they baked at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center for the Graham County Women’s Club Easter Bake Sale. Photo courtesy of Sherri Orr/Graham County Women's Club

Phyllis Hoffman, Bonnie Dodson, Tere Moore, Eileen Kallmayer, Nancy Norcross and Victoria Baker (from left) pose with some of the goods they baked at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center for the Graham County Women’s Club Easter Bake Sale. Photo courtesy of Sherri Orr/Graham County Women's Club

Women’s Club raises $630 for good causes

Randy Foster
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Stecoah – The Graham County Women’s Club Easter bakers baked 16 carrot cakes, 10 coconut cakes, 11 lemon meringue pies and five dozen hot cross buns — all sold out at $15 per item, which raised $630 for a variety of charitable causes.
The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, with the resumption of normal activities and plans in place for 2022. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, with the resumption of normal activities and plans in place for 2022. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Emerging from pandemic

Sarah Foster
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Stecoah – Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center is rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, with new folks at the helm. As a result, programs from previous years are resuming and new ideas are formulating. COVID-19 forced Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center to close for most of 2020.
Legislative Affairs Director Deans Eatman, Board Chair Rick Davis, Gallery Manager Melinda DeHart, Executive Director Jennifer West, Program Director Amber Benton and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Reid Wilson (from left) toured the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center on April 5. Photo courtesy of Brandon Goins/Contributing Photographer

Legislative Affairs Director Deans Eatman, Board Chair Rick Davis, Gallery Manager Melinda DeHart, Executive Director Jennifer West, Program Director Amber Benton and Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Reid Wilson (from left) toured the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center on April 5. Photo courtesy of Brandon Goins/Contributing Photographer

DNR secretary pays special visit to Stecoah Valley Center

Sarah Foster
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Stecoah – On April 5, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Reid Wilson visited the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, where he talked about the resilience of the arts center, the importance of public spaces in our lives and resources to support public...

Lawrence Allen Price

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Lawrence Allen Price, 56 of the Stecoah community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. He was a native of Gaston County, and the son of the late Lawrence Glen Price and Ellen Gosnell.