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Helping avoid a crisis

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, May 16, 2024
* 1st in a 3-part series These days, it takes more than a village to raise a child. As we see a rise in poverty, community drug activity and violence, homelessness and abuse, our children are not immune to the repercussions.
Graham County authorities raided this residence on Ward Street in Robbinsville on May 3 and uncovered a plethora of evidence. Two suspects were arrested. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Graham County authorities raided this residence on Ward Street in Robbinsville on May 3 and uncovered a plethora of evidence. Two suspects were arrested. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Ward Street raid nets 2 arrests

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 16, 2024
This crystal-like substance field-tested as methamphetamine and was just one piece of evidence seized by the Graham County Sheriff’s Office during the raid.

White guilty of sex with child

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Robbinsville – After 13 ½ long years, justice has finally been served. A jury found 47-year-old Stecoah resident Michael Lee White guilty of felony first-degree sex offense with a child May 8, following an abbreviated trial in Graham County Superior Court.

Water loss continues to dampen town

Kevin Hensley
Friday, May 10, 2024
Fontana Dam – An overhaul to one local municipality’s aging water system cannot come soon enough. Temporary repairs made to Fontana Dam’s pipelines are no longer a sustainable solution.

Moody named superintendent

Kevin Hensley
Friday, May 10, 2024
Robbinsville – Just two months after Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight announced her retirement, the district has already selected her successor.
Fontana Village Resort has underwent major changes since last summer – both professional and cosmetic. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Fontana Village Resort has underwent major changes since last summer – both professional and cosmetic. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

What’s old is new ... again

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Fontana Dam – Perhaps the most-significant overhaul since one local resort opened 50 years ago has Fontana Village Resort & Marina looking as stable as it has in years. The changes align with the newest lessees purchasing the expansive property last year.

Spring brush fires continue to spark

Marshall McClung
Thursday, May 2, 2024
The woods may be “greening up,” but spring fire season is not over just yet. The Graham County 911 Center received a report of a brush fire burning on Upper Tuskegee Road around 7 p.m., April 23. The caller had stated the blaze was the “size of a baseball field.