Robbinsville

Mildred Smith

News Staff
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Mildred Waldroup Smith, 76 of the Dick Branch Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C.  A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late William Troy and Netter Stewart Waldroup.
Robbinsville’s Hayden Stewart (left) and Ava Barlow won the respective boys and girls varsity races at the Currahee Classic on Dec. 2. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville’s Hayden Stewart (left) and Ava Barlow won the respective boys and girls varsity races at the Currahee Classic on Dec. 2. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

All they do is win, win, win

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 11, 2020
Robbinsville – Home course advantage aside, the Black Knights’ varsity performance at the Currahee Classic turned heads across the Smoky Mountain Conference.

Net worth

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 11, 2020
Bryson City – When adversity displayed on the line, Robbinsville answered the call. For only the second time this season, the Lady Knights (5-1, 4-1) were pushed to four sets in a crucial Smoky Mountain Conference showdown Friday night.

Jane Scroggs

News Staff
Friday, December 11, 2020
Elizabeth Jane Scroggs, 84 of the Eller Branch Community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at her residence. She was a native of Cherokee County and the daughter of the late James and Sally Grindstaff Robinson.

Mitch Howell

News Staff
Friday, December 11, 2020
Mitch Howell, 61 of the Lower Mountain Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away at his home on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Melvin Edward and Darlena Orr Howell.

Aldermen approve tablet purchase, employee raises

Charlie Benton
Friday, December 11, 2020
Robbinsville – The town’s utility workers will soon have an updated system for meter reading and recording, replacing obsolete equipment.  Robbinsville’s Board of Aldermen voted 2-0 to purchase new handheld tablets from Southern Software, at a cost of $11,350.

Talks underway on new wing

Charlie Benton
Friday, December 11, 2020
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools’ ongoing effort to build a new sixth-grade wing at Robbinsville Middle School took a step forward, after opening two bids at its Nov. 30 Board of Education meeting. On Monday, Nov.

Richard Messer

News Staff
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Oliver Richard Messer, 79 of the Beech Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Nov. 28, 2020, after a long illness. Richard was born in Gastonia, N.C. on Sept. 4, 1941 to the late Robert Richard Messer and Doris (Stiles) Hollifield of Robbinsville.