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There is green as far as the eye can see at the Robbinsville Community Garden, which is located behind the Church Mouse thrift store between North Main and Ford streets in Robbinsville. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

There is green as far as the eye can see at the Robbinsville Community Garden, which is located behind the Church Mouse thrift store between North Main and Ford streets in Robbinsville. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

In full bloom

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Robbinsville – As inflation hits families in the pocketbook, Robbinsville Community Garden offers an inexpensive way to grow your own food, especially if you don’t have gardening space of your own.
Two signs identifying Ronnie Milsap Highway were installed on U.S. Hwy. 129, one near Yellow Creek Road (pictured here) and the other near Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap spent some of his childhood. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.c

Two signs identifying Ronnie Milsap Highway were installed on U.S. Hwy. 129, one near Yellow Creek Road (pictured here) and the other near Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap spent some of his childhood. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.c

State installs signs on Ronnie Milsap Highway

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Tapoco – Eighteen months after a seven-mile stretch of U.S. Hwy. 129 in Graham County was named in his honor, Ronnie Milsap Highway signs have been installed between Yellow Creek Road and just past Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap was raised. The N.C.

Elouise Hooper Orr

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
On Saturday, June 25, 2022, Elouise Hooper Orr was carried home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hands that showed her labors of love were held by her family and she was surrounded by those she had impacted the most.

Andrew (Andy) Leslie McLucas

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Andrew (Andy) Leslie McLucas, 67 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Friday, June 24, 2022, at his home. Andy was born in Ocala, Fla. to Bob and Jerry McLucas on Oct. 10, 1954. He attended Lake Weir High School, graduating with the class of 1972.

Frank D. James, Jr.

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Frank D. James, Jr., 86 of the Eller Branch community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at Park Ridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. He was the son of the late Rev. Frank James Sr. and Hollis “Sis” Dockery James.
Then-Cherokee Indian Police Chief Josh Taylor delivers comments to an audience during the dedication of the Jacob Cornsilk Community Complex on June 3. Taylor announced his resignation to spend more time with family on June 10, effective Monday. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Then-Cherokee Indian Police Chief Josh Taylor delivers comments to an audience during the dedication of the Jacob Cornsilk Community Complex on June 3. Taylor announced his resignation to spend more time with family on June 10, effective Monday. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Cherokee Indian police chief resigns, replacement named

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Cherokee – Cherokee Indian Police Department Chief of Police Josh Taylor stepped down on Monday, just 11 months after taking the job. Captain of Corrections Carla Neadeau was named interim police chief. Neadeau has been with the department since 2009 and is the first woman to lead the department.

Gunshot to head killed suspect in 2021 chase

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Tallulah – A gunshot wound to the head proved fatal for a Dickson, Tenn., resident after a high-speed 2021 chase, according to the autopsy. The Graham Star just received the results from a June 21, 2021 autopsy conducted on 31-year-old Mickey Ray Rice last week.
Valerie Frapp was recently named the new GM of the historic Tapoco Lodge, ending a 4-month vacancy for the role. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Valerie Frapp was recently named the new GM of the historic Tapoco Lodge, ending a 4-month vacancy for the role. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

‘This will always be home’

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Tapoco – If you spend any time with Valerie Frapp, you will quickly learn just how much she loves Tapoco Lodge.

Schools funding shortage escalates

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools are in the red by over $620,000, as costs continue to mount. With school out for the summer, the Graham County Board of Education had an unusual late-month, special-called meeting to tie up loose ends, one of which won’t be resolved any time soon – funding.