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Discarded medical supplies are piled on the floor at the Graham County Emergency Services garage on Fort Hill Road. A whistle blower complaint alleges that some of the supplies were misidentified as being past their expiration date due to labels being misunderstood.

Discarded medical supplies are piled on the floor at the Graham County Emergency Services garage on Fort Hill Road. A whistle blower complaint alleges that some of the supplies were misidentified as being past their expiration date due to labels being misunderstood.

Complaint alleges EMS mismanagement

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Link to full complaint: https://www.grahamstar.
Robbinsville Middle School’s Cooper Adams (front) and Isiac Collins were two of the students that helped feed homeless veterans in Asheville over the Christmas holiday.

Robbinsville Middle School’s Cooper Adams (front) and Isiac Collins were two of the students that helped feed homeless veterans in Asheville over the Christmas holiday.

Athletes help feed veterans at Asheville homeless shelter

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Asheville – A group of 10 Robbinsville athletes and a coach traveled to Asheville on Dec. 30 to prepare and serve meals to homeless veterans at a shelter there.

Opioid-related grants now available in county

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Tallulah – Dogwood Health Trust – an Asheville-based health and wellbeing non-profit, whose service area includes Graham County – recently announced a second round of funding for opioid-related collaborative planning grants available to the counties, municipalities, or the Eastern Band of Cherokee...
Kimberly Vaught, the beloved general manager of Historic Tapoco Lodge, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 10.

Kimberly Vaught, the beloved general manager of Historic Tapoco Lodge, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 10.

'More than a lodge keeper’

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Tapoco – Historic Tapoco Lodge has been a Graham County landmark since it was built in 1930 and Kimberly Vaught – its general manager for just five of those years – left an indelible mark on the lodge, its staff, and its guests. Vaught, a 56-year-old resident of Robbinsville, died Monday, Jan.

Boyle out as EMS director

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Fort Hill – Graham County commissioners have terminated the county’s emergency services director, but it was not immediately clear what led to the dismissal. County Manager Jason Marino said that Graham County Emergency Services Director Phillip Boyle was terminated on Friday.

Ingles beer, wine application being processed

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Robbinsville – Ingles missed its target date of mid-January to start selling beer and wine at its Robbinsville store, but the process is underway, company and town officials said. The next step in the process is a clean inspection by Graham County Building Inspector Jacob Nelms.

Joe Ted Orr

News Staff
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Joe Ted Orr, 85 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, at Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge, Tenn. He was a native of Graham County; born on East Buffalo to the late A. J. and Bessie Crisp Orr.

Betsy Orr Anderson

News Staff
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Betsy Orr Anderson, age 83 and longtime Concord, Mass. resident, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. For more than 50 years, she was the loving wife of Grant Spencer Anderson. Born in Robbinsville, N.C. on Oct. 31, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Tillman J.

“Big day” being planned for Robbinsville

Koda Moody
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Robbinsville – “May the 7th is a big day for the Town of Robbinsville.” That profound statement came from Robbinsville Tourism Authority board member Debbie Beasley, at the Dec. 28 meeting.