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The Graham County Board of Elections sifts through ballots from the Nov. 8 election Friday, during a requested hand-to-eye recount in the race for the second seat on the Graham County Board of Education. Clockwise from top are board chair Juanita Colvard; board members Beefy Rogers and Teresa Eller; poll workers Tracy Jenkins and Lorna Sellers, who tallied the recount; local election director Teresa Garland; and board members Billy Ditmore and Lowell Crisp. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

The Graham County Board of Elections sifts through ballots from the Nov. 8 election Friday, during a requested hand-to-eye recount in the race for the second seat on the Graham County Board of Education. Clockwise from top are board chair Juanita Colvard; board members Beefy Rogers and Teresa Eller; poll workers Tracy Jenkins and Lorna Sellers, who tallied the recount; local election director Teresa Garland; and board members Billy Ditmore and Lowell Crisp. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Dinschel officially wins school board seat

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 9, 2022
Robbinsville – Almost a month after the general election, all of the local races have been officially decided. Who would fill the second seat on the Graham County Board of Education has been in limbo since Nov.

County in search for new manager

Randy Foster
Friday, December 9, 2022
Robbinsville – Jason Marino was not re-appointed county manager during the Graham County Board of Commissioners’s organizational meeting on Monday. He will continue to be the county’s project manager, however.

Daniel W. Rattler

News Staff
Friday, December 2, 2022
Daniel W. Rattler, 87, went to his Heavenly Home on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. A native of Graham County, Daniel was born on April 22, 1935, to the late George Rattler and Hattie Cornsilk Smoker Rattler Smoker.

Betty Cooper Phillips

News Staff
Friday, December 2, 2022
Betty Cooper Phillips, 89 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be her heavenly home on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at Life Care Center of Blount County, Tenn., after losing a lengthy, courageous battle with leukemia. She was the daughter of the late James Pate Cooper and Essie Collins Cooper.

Wilma Royal

News Staff
Friday, December 2, 2022
Wilma Royal, 83 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Whiteville, N.C. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Nathan and Ada Cable Garland.

Voyce Crisp Lovin

News Staff
Friday, December 2, 2022
Voyce Crisp Lovin, 86 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, at Graham Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of the late Dave and Estella Turpin Crisp.
Graham County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Knight (right) received the Advanced Service Award from the N.C. Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission. With Knight is Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp.

Graham County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Knight (right) received the Advanced Service Award from the N.C. Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission. With Knight is Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp.

Detective receives Advanced Service Award

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 2, 2022
Robbinsville – A local detective has received a distinguished award from a state-level entity. The N.C. Department of Justice Sheriffs’ Standards Division afforded Graham County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Knight with the Advanced Service Award on June 17.
An unidentified firefighter analyzes a small fire that spread into a wooded area off Eller Branch Road on Nov. 21. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

An unidentified firefighter analyzes a small fire that spread into a wooded area off Eller Branch Road on Nov. 21. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Firefighters quickly contain brush fire

Marshall McClung
Friday, December 2, 2022
Robbinsville – A small brush fire that threatened two structures was reported off Eller Branch Road on Nov. 21. Firefighters with the Graham County Fire Department, N.C. Forest Service and U.S. Forest Service responded to the fire on Carey Drive, which was reported shortly after 4 p.m.
AdventHealth was recently selected to build a 67-bed hospital in the Candler area. Graham was pinpointed as 1-of-4 counties that would be included in the hospital’s coverage area.

AdventHealth was recently selected to build a 67-bed hospital in the Candler area. Graham was pinpointed as 1-of-4 counties that would be included in the hospital’s coverage area.

AdventHealth awarded certificate for 67-bed hospital

Randy Foster
Friday, December 2, 2022
Candler – AdventHealth was chosen over two contenders to build a 67-acute care bed hospital just west of Asheville in Buncombe County, for a hospital service area that includes Graham, Buncombe, Yancey and Madison counties.
This bridge on Lower Mill Creek Road was scheduled for removal, until a Nov. 15 public hearing proved that residents wanted to keep the structure intact. The bridge was constructed in 1964 and has reached its “end-of-service,” according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

This bridge on Lower Mill Creek Road was scheduled for removal, until a Nov. 15 public hearing proved that residents wanted to keep the structure intact. The bridge was constructed in 1964 and has reached its “end-of-service,” according to the N.C. Department of Transportation. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Heavy opposition may lead to new bridge plan

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 2, 2022
West Fort Hill – The idea seemed pretty cut and dry: remove an old bridge and replace it with two dead-end turnarounds. Residents of Lower Mill Creek Road had other ideas. Amid a myriad of theories – which included the fear of increased drug activity – N.C.