Robbinsville

Caution tape surrounds The Hub restaurant in Robbinsville. Fire gutted the restaurant early Sunday morning. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

‘Hub’ of Robbinsville lost to blaze

Randy Foster

Thursday, March 3, 2022

Robbinsville – Fire gutted The Hub restaurant on Rodney Orr Bypass early Sunday morning, leaving owners scrambling over what to do next. It was the second fire to destroy a Graham County restaurant since August 2021, when the Stecoah Diner burned to the ground. It has not reopened.

Delaney Brooms (right) keeps pace with Murphy’s Amber Martin during Robbinsville’s Smoky Mountain Conference Tournament finals showdown with the Lady Bulldogs on Friday. Photo by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Total dominance

Kevin Hensley

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Robbinsville – Now that’s how you put the rest of the playoff picture on notice. In what can only be described as a lopsided affair, the Robbinsville Lady Knights (No. 13 seed, 18-6) began Tuesday’s first-round postseason pairing with Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (No.

Dream on

Kevin Hensley

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Hiwassee Dam – Robbinsville’s magical season will continue. A back-and-forth outing in the first round of the state playoffs Tuesday at Hiwassee Dam tilted in favor of the Black Knights late, with Robbinsville knocking off the No. 8-seeded Eagles, 61-53.

Robbinsville wrestling head coach Todd Odom (right) shares a laugh with assistant Colby White at Saturday’s state individual tournament. After 21 years as a coach, Odom announced his retirement from the sport Sunday. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

'I just know'

Kevin Hensley

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Robbinsville – “How did you know when it was time for you to retire from coaching? Coach Bob Colvin and coach Bruce Snyder both answered with exactly the same reply: ‘You just know.’ “So why retire or why retire now? I just know.

Anthony Krizsan

News Staff

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Anthony Krizsan, 52 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, N.C. He was a native of Fort Atkinson, Wis., but has resided in Robbinsville for several years. He was the son of Norma Hammons Krizsan and the late James Krizsan.

Thurman Ray Franklin

News Staff

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Thurman Ray Franklin, 78 of the Hares Creek community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. He was a native of Jackson County, N.C., born April 22, 1943, to the late Thurman N. and Ruby Rogers Franklin.

John Michael Davis

News Staff

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

John Michael Davis, 57 of the Massey Branch community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed over into greener pastures, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, at his residence. Mike is formerly of Washington, Ga., but he has resided in Robbinsville permanently since 2012.

John W. Miller

News Staff

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

John W. Miller, age 88 of the Old Sweetwater Road community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, at his residence. He was the son of the late Marshall H. and Helen Nokes Miller. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Rogers Miller in 2014.

Hannah Lee Williams Carringer

News Staff

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Hannah Lee Williams Carringer, 84 of the Farley Branch community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Andrew and Janie Burchfield Williams.

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.