GrahamCounty

Local man faces kidnapping, assault charges

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – A Robbinsville man was being held in lieu of $85,000 bail on a list of charges, including felony probation violation and kidnapping, and misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, damage to personal property, and communicating threats.
Emergency personnel attend to Martha Carpenter, whose car was involved in a collision at the intersection of Woodland Heights Road and Tallulah Road (U.S. Hwy. 129) around noon July 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Emergency personnel attend to Martha Carpenter, whose car was involved in a collision at the intersection of Woodland Heights Road and Tallulah Road (U.S. Hwy. 129) around noon July 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Collision sends local woman to hospital

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Tallulah – Two vehicles collided at a Tallulah-area intersection around noon July 28, causing nearly $10,000 in damages and blocking one lane of traffic for about a half hour.

Sheriff drops lawsuit against county board

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp has dropped his lawsuit against Graham County commissioners for $209,000 in back retirement benefits, due to lack of documentation and the fact that his primary witness was dead.
Pictured is a mobile hotspot that Graham County Schools will check out for free use by those without internet. Though 300 are available, only 15 have been checked out. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Pictured is a mobile hotspot that Graham County Schools will check out for free use by those without internet. Though 300 are available, only 15 have been checked out. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Group working to improve county’s digital access

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
West Fort Hill – The Southwest Commission is researching ways to improve rural internet access – with Dogwood Health Trust grant money available – and is conducting scoping meetings to identify specific needs in North Carolina’s westernmost counties including Graham County.

And then, there were two

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Robbinsville – With the May primaries finally in the rearview mirror, local candidates are shifting their focus to the general election. It took a second primary for the Graham County GOP to learn who would represent its party in the race for sheriff.

Settlement reached in land company lawsuit

Randy Foster
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Tallulah – Two key executives at Graham County Land Company reached settlement agreements with a lender that claimed to be owed millions of dollars by the bankrupted company, and all claims were dismissed against a third company officer.

Butch Burrell

News Staff
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Butch Burrell, 56 of the Moose Branch community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, at his residence. He was the son of the late John and Ellen Bridges Burrell.

Dayton William Burchfield

News Staff
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Dayton William Burchfield, 89 of Oak Ridge, Tenn., passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of the late William Burton Burchfield and Maggie Sue Farley Burchfield.