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Graham County Land fighting to auction company assets

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 13, 2022
***Aug. 4, 2022 Update: Lawsuit settled between Graham County Land Company, Flexible Funding Tallulah – The financing company suing Graham County Land Company is asking the judge presiding over the case to issue a summary judgment against two senior officers who ran the company.
Speed bumps, like this one bolted onto Cody Street in Robbinsville, are designed to encourage drivers to slow down in a fairly-aggressive way. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Speed bumps, like this one bolted onto Cody Street in Robbinsville, are designed to encourage drivers to slow down in a fairly-aggressive way. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Town cracking down on lead-footed drivers

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Robbinsville – Folks who live and work along Ford Street would like drivers to obey the 20 mph speed limit. But since many don’t, the town is stepping in. The Town Council awarded a $1,208 contract to Treetop Products to install three speed humps and two warning signs along Ford Street.

Kelley passes the torch

Randy Foster
Friday, January 7, 2022
Robbinsville – Aside from Saturday being the first day of the New Year, there was another milestone: for the first time in more than 33 years, Patrick Kelley did not own a dental practice in Robbinsville. Dr. Kelley sold his practice to his associate, Dr. Kelsey Cody. Calm down, now: Dr.
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.

Iva Rowena Rattler

News Staff
Friday, January 7, 2022
Iva Rowena Rattler, 91 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022, at Graham Health Care and Rehabilitation in Robbinsville, N.C. She was a native of Graham County and the daughter of the late George and Hattie Smoker Rattler.

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.