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Evan Norris

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Evan Thomas Norris, Jr., 62, passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Valley View Nursing Center in Andrews, N.C. A native of Florida, he was the son of the late Evan Thomas Norris, Sr. and the late Alice Irene Widner.

Grace Watkins

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Grace Bernice Watkins, age 93 of Murphy, N.C. passed away Friday, May 7, 2021, at her home.  Ms. Watkins was born April 9, 1928 in Graham County, N.C. to the late Starlin Sawyer and the late Mattie Gladden Sawyer.

Betty Damelio

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Betty Sawyer Damelio, 80 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, May 2, 2021 at Hayesville House Memory Care and Assisted Living in Hayesville, N.C. She was the daughter of the late Coil Sawyer and Mary Turpin Sawyer Crisp.

Brenda Jackson

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Brenda Adkins Jackson, 51 of the Moose Branch Community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at her residence. She was a native of Huntington, W. Va. and the daughter of the late Jack Adkins and Martha Smoke Adkins.

I Love Graham County contest open

News Staff
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Tallulah – The Graham Star – Graham County’s hometown newspaper since 1955 – is now accepting artwork for the cover of its annual I Love Graham County magazine, an information guide that spotlights local residents and businesses.
21st Century students raced down this track during last week’s Pinewood derbies. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

21st Century students raced down this track during last week’s Pinewood derbies. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Need for speed

Charlie Benton
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – Students in the 21st Century Afterschool Program at Robbinsville Elementary School and Robbinsville Middle School got to participate in a fun competition last week, with the hosting of two pinewood derbies.
Cars sat idle Monday afternoon, waiting to get gas at the BP in Robbinsville. Vehicles flocked to stations across the county after news of a major pipeline hack. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

Cars sat idle Monday afternoon, waiting to get gas at the BP in Robbinsville. Vehicles flocked to stations across the county after news of a major pipeline hack. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

County stations grapple with fuel shortage

Charlie Benton
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Graham County gas stations are reeling from a fuel shortage in the eastern United States brought on by a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.
Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Humvee theft leads to two-county chase

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – It started with a vehicle being taken from the Graham County Sheriff’s Office.  It continued in Cherokee County.  And it ended just shy of the Macon County line.

Darrell Colvin

News Staff
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Darrell Roger “Frosty” Colvin, 62 of the Long Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. A native of Graham County, he was the son of Lula Bell Dale Colvin of Robbinsville, N.C., and the late Vincent Colvin.

Donald Cable

News Staff
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Donald Harvey Cable, 66 of Robbinsville, N.C. passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late Hobert and Genevieve Jenkins Cable. Donald was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.