Robbinsville

The former location of Oak Valley Hardwood – and before that, Stanley Furniture – has sat vacant since 2019. New Robbinsville Mayor Shaun Adams hopes to change that. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

The former location of Oak Valley Hardwood – and before that, Stanley Furniture – has sat vacant since 2019. New Robbinsville Mayor Shaun Adams hopes to change that. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

New Robbinsville mayor hopes to attract jobs

Randy Foster
Friday, January 7, 2022
Fresh off his November victory over an incumbent, newly elected Robbinsville Mayor Shaun Adams knows what his top priority is. “My main concern is getting jobs,” Mayor Adams said. “People are really suffering.

Muriel Martin Adams Rose

News Staff
Friday, January 7, 2022
Muriel Martin Adams Rose, 89 of the West Buffalo community of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late Oliver and Vesta Hamilton Martin.

Kortne Walsh Waginger

News Staff
Friday, January 7, 2022
After battling seven cancers with immeasurable courage, dignity, grace and humor, Kortne Walsh Waginger, 31 of Cullowhee, N.C., entered her eternal home on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021 at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Kortne was born in Sylva, N.C., in 1990.

Rachel Smoker

News Staff
Friday, January 7, 2022
Rachel Smoker, 72 of the Little Snowbird community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday Dec. 28, 2021. Rachel was a fluent Cherokee speaker who was preceded in death by her daughters, Sally Anderson and Angela Teesateskie; and granddaughter, Tosha McCarter.

Karen Dawn Wagner

News Staff
Friday, January 7, 2022
On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021 – at 7:06 a.m. – Karen Dawn Wagner of Robbinsville, N.C. took her last breath, at only 57 years old. Karen was born to Sue Cotsirilos (Phillips) and Joseph Wagner on April Fool’s Day, 1964.
Ingredients for mixed drinks at the Robbinsville Ingles will soon be conjoined with beer and wine, available for purchase in the coolers at the end of the aisle. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Ingredients for mixed drinks at the Robbinsville Ingles will soon be conjoined with beer and wine, available for purchase in the coolers at the end of the aisle. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Beer, wine sales delayed

Randy Foster
Friday, January 7, 2022
Robbinsville – New Year’s Day came and went over the weekend, but one thing that remained the same is that beer and wine still can’t be sold in Robbinsville. “It’s hard to say a time frame,” said Robbinsville Mayor Shaun Adams, adding that it could take a couple of months.
Coolers have been installed in the former greeting cards section at Ingles in Robbinsville in preparation for beer and wine sales. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Coolers have been installed in the former greeting cards section at Ingles in Robbinsville in preparation for beer and wine sales. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Beer and wine sales in Robbinsville expected; just not as soon as you thought

Randy Foster
Friday, December 31, 2021
Robbinsville — Starting tomorrow, for the first time since the 1940s, it will be legal to buy beer and wine in Robbinsville.  The local Ingles, the only supermarket in the county, geared up for it: Staff trained? Check Greeting cards section moved? Check Coolers installed?
Chloe Adams (14) looks to outpace the Swain County defense during the second half of Dec. 16’s game. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Chloe Adams (14) looks to outpace the Swain County defense during the second half of Dec. 16’s game. Photos by Kevin Hensley/sports@grahamstar.com

Knights split matchups

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
Robbinsville – Even when the middle school Black Knights are not at full strength, they are still dangerous. Robbinsville (7-4) was without perennial shooting guard Dane Knott for its Dec.