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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.

Phyllis Hoffman, Bonnie Dodson, Tere Moore, Eileen Kallmayer, Nancy Norcross and Victoria Baker (from left) pose with some of the goods they baked at Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center for the Graham County Women’s Club Easter Bake Sale. Photo courtesy of Sherri Orr/Graham County Women's Club

Women’s Club raises $630 for good causes

Randy Foster

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Stecoah – The Graham County Women’s Club Easter bakers baked 16 carrot cakes, 10 coconut cakes, 11 lemon meringue pies and five dozen hot cross buns — all sold out at $15 per item, which raised $630 for a variety of charitable causes.

The Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, with the resumption of normal activities and plans in place for 2022. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Emerging from pandemic

Sarah Foster

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Stecoah – Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center is rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic, with new folks at the helm. As a result, programs from previous years are resuming and new ideas are formulating. COVID-19 forced Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center to close for most of 2020.

Lawrence Allen Price

News Staff

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Lawrence Allen Price, 56 of the Stecoah community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. He was a native of Gaston County, and the son of the late Lawrence Glen Price and Ellen Gosnell.

Giles Jeremiah Williams

News Staff

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Giles Jeremiah Williams, 81 of the Stecoah community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022, at his residence. A native of Graham County, Giles was the son of the late Charles and Clota McCracken Williams.

Danny Ray Jenkins

News Staff

Thursday, March 3, 2022

It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Danny Ray Jenkins, age 61, passed away on Monday Feb. 7, 2022, after a 6-year battle with ALS, surrounded by his wife and three children. Danny was born in Stecoah, N.C. to the late Carroll Jenkins and Ann Edwards, on Dec. 3, 1960. On Dec.

Pearl Bailey Williams

News Staff

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Pearl Bailey Williams, 78 of the Stecoah community in Robbinsville, N.C. passed away Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, at her residence. She was a native of Graham County, and the daughter of the late Clyde and Vergie Tipton Bailey.

Miranda “Mandy” Millsaps (nee Seagle) was bitten by the performance bug early in life, as evidenced by this 1987 photo of her singing in a talent show.

Miranda Millsaps born into a love of music

Marshall McClung

Friday, October 15, 2021

As far back as Miranda “Mandy” Seagle – now Millsaps – can remember she has loved music and singing. Her father Danny Seagle played with a band called “The Toy Factory” which included some members of the Marshall Tucker Band.

Ronald Jenkins

News Staff

Thursday, September 23, 2021

Ronald Steve Jenkins, of Humble, Texas, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. He was the son of Hilda Sawyer Jenkins of Stecoah, N.C. and the late Frazier Jenkins.

Joyce Elaine Crisp Jenkins

News Staff

Thursday, August 26, 2021

Joyce Elaine Crisp Jenkins, 89 of the Stecoah community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, after a courageous battle with sarcoma. Joyce – or “Joycie,” as many of her family and friends called her – was born on May 25, 1932, to Clyde A.