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Lester Stewart

News Staff
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Lester Stewart, 89 of the Anderson Creek community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Saturday, April 30, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of the late Tillman and Lenora Cook Stewart.

150th anniversary could be split over two weekends

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Robbinsville – Planning inched forward for events to celebrate Graham County’s sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary. The third planning meeting for the celebration was held May 5, with more than a dozen people attending at the Graham County Community Building.
A firefighter from Valleytown Fire Department in Andrews helps direct traffic at a collision in Topton on April 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

A firefighter from Valleytown Fire Department in Andrews helps direct traffic at a collision in Topton on April 28. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

No injuries after cars collide near Cherokee/Graham border

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Topton – Two cars collided – but no one was injured – April 28, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 19 and U.S. Highway 129 in Topton. At about 1:30 p.m., a 2002 Mitsubishi convertible – driven by Tiffany Jillson of Murphy – was headed west on U.S. 19, approaching the intersection with U.S.

Brush fire stopped shy of home

Marshall McClung
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Stecoah – A debris fire got out of control and threatened a home April 28, in the Briggs Cove section of Stecoah. Graham County 911 received a call that a fire was out of control around noon. Firefighters with the N.C. Forest Service, U.S.
Bison EV – an Old Fort-based company – will bring a manufacturing facility to the former Stanley Furniture and Oak Valley Hardwood plant, ending a 3-year stint in which the sprawling building has sat dormant. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Bison EV – an Old Fort-based company – will bring a manufacturing facility to the former Stanley Furniture and Oak Valley Hardwood plant, ending a 3-year stint in which the sprawling building has sat dormant. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Bison EV in Robbinsville

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Robbinsville – Bison EV, a company that converts fuel-burning buses and trucks into electric vehicles, is moving a manufacturing facility into the old Stanley Furniture Company plant in Robbinsville – which could bring hundreds of jobs to the economically disadvantaged county, Robbinsville Mayor...
Despite a steady rain, “American Idol” Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks performed for a crowd gathered at the Robbinsville High School track on Saturday. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Despite a steady rain, “American Idol” Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks performed for a crowd gathered at the Robbinsville High School track on Saturday. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

The show goes on

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Robbinsville – A small crowd – undeterred by weather – saw Taylor Hicks perform at the Robbinsville High School track on Saturday.
Kelly Karr poses at Stecoah Gap in Graham County on May 5 during a break in her 2,190-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Kelly Karr poses at Stecoah Gap in Graham County on May 5 during a break in her 2,190-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Solo trek

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Stecoah – After logging 150 miles on the Appalachian Trail since mid-February, on May 5 – with a good night’s sleep in her own bed behind her – Graham County resident Kelly Karr got a ride to Stecoah Gap from her husband Raymond and resumed her 2,190-mile journey.

Nunez enters ‘not guilty’ plea

Randy Foster
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Robbinsville – A Robbinsville man accused in the February death of his 8-month-old daughter pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Graham County Superior Court on May 4. Corbin Nunez – 22 and a resident of the Five Points community – was arrested on Feb.