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Mary Ellen Mehaffey

News Staff

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Mary Ellen Mehaffey, 91 of the Mill Creek Circle community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. She was a native of Cherokee County, and the daughter of the late Hill and Mae Jones Dockery.

Ronald Daniels

News Staff

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Ronald Daniels, 69 of the Dry Creek community in Stecoah, passed away, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of the late Floyd and Juanita McCracken Daniels.

More Santeetlah roads to be repaired

Randy Foster

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Lake Santeetlah – With falling asphalt prices, a road crew already set to do another job and enough time left in the paving season, the Town of Lake Santeetlah added several streets for repairs during a special called Town Council meeting on Monday.

These are among the over-150 hammerhead worms that Kenneth Brooms has found in his garden off Sweetwater Road. Brooms said he started noticing the worms about four months ago. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Invasive worm shows up in Graham County

Randy Foster

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Sweetwater – The first sighting of hammerhead worms – an invasive flatworm from Southeast Asia that preys on beneficial earthworms and could be called the kudzu of insects – has been identified in Graham County.

Robbinsville Elementary School Principal Dr. Jaime Hooper address parents and family members of students at the Sept. 13 “Breakfast of Champions,” a one-hour Q&A session with school officials. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

‘Champions’ meal yields fruitful insight from faculty, parents

Kevin Hensley

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Robbinsville – Officials with Robbinsville Elementary School made one thing abundantly clear Sept. 13: the facility is working every day toward the betterment of each and every pupil.

This photo, edited to omit the remains of dogs that died there around Sept. 10, shows the sludge-filled pit at the old Oak Valley Hardwoods plant off Snowbird Road. Photo courtesy of Donnie Burchfield

Sludge-filled pit claims two dogs

Randy Foster

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Robbinsville – Two dogs fell into a sludge-filled pit and drowned this month, and the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has issued a notice of violation to the property owner demanding action be taken.

Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight will be the grand marshal of Friday’s homecoming parade. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

School superintendent named grand marshal

Randy Foster

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Robbinsville – Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight – recognized by her peers as Superintendent of the Year in the western region earlier this year – has had another honor bestowed upon her.

Robert Allen Keith

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Robert Allen Keith, 78 of the Jack Branch community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away peacefully in his favorite rocking chair, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, while watching his birds and flowers, and giving his pet dogs their daily treat on the porch.

Bruce Johnson

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Bruce Johnson, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Aug. 31, 2022, at his daughter Patricia’s home in Robbinsville, N.C., where he had been living since 2019 Bruce was the son of I.B.D. and Ruth Johnson and grew up in Somerville, Ala.

Shirley Orr

News Staff

Thursday, September 15, 2022

Shirley Orr, 75 of the I U Gap community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at Graham Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Harley Waldroup and Maybelle Blevins Miller.