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Funding for police boat signed into law

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Washington – Search and rescue missions in Graham County will soon have a new resource to rely on. Congressman Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) recently procured $80,000 in funding for a new police boat, which will be readily available to both Graham and Swain counties as needed.
A suspected 30 grams of meth was found when officers raided a home in Robbinsville on Friday. Photo courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

A suspected 30 grams of meth was found when officers raided a home in Robbinsville on Friday. Photo courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

30 grams of suspected meth seized in raid

Kevin Hensley
Friday, March 1, 2024
Billy Jack Heinzer Robbinsville – Officers struck paydirt Friday, when a 5-month investigation resulted in a large amount of suspected methamphetamine being discovered at a local residence. Around 8:47 p.m.

Lead-based paint lingers in jail

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Robbinsville – It’s no secret: the current Graham County Detention Center has maintained a current status long after its expiration date. Between 30-40 inmates are “housed” at any given time by the jail; of that, only eight beds are on-site.

Items found lead to ID

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Deep Creek – The family of 88-year-old Donald Storey have accepted the findings of both evidence collected from an Aug. 18 discovery and DNA testing as confirmation of his death.
Authorities found Carley Walls’ vehicle burning on Tatham Gap Road roughly 12 hours before her body was discovered some 15 miles away in Robbinsville. Photo courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

Authorities found Carley Walls’ vehicle burning on Tatham Gap Road roughly 12 hours before her body was discovered some 15 miles away in Robbinsville. Photo courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

Autopsy shifts case to homicide

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Robbinsville – Almost 11 months after a local woman was found deceased, autopsy findings have finally be unveiled. Blunt-force trauma, methamphetamine toxicity and environmental hypothermia were cited as the causes of Carley Dunn Walls’ death on Feb. 5, 2023.
The children who participated in the Graham County Sheriff Office’s “Shop with a Cop” on Dec. 14 gather with law-enforcement officials outside Walmart in Murphy. Photos courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

The children who participated in the Graham County Sheriff Office’s “Shop with a Cop” on Dec. 14 gather with law-enforcement officials outside Walmart in Murphy. Photos courtesy of Graham County Sheriff's Office

Local children ‘Shop with a Cop’

Ruby Annas
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Murphy – The Graham County Sheriff’s Office spread holiday cheer to local children last week, with the annual “Shop with a Cop” event taking place Dec. 14.
Graham County Patrol Officer Justin Stewart was recognized Oct. 19 for completing courses specializing in recognizing individuals who are Driving While Impaired. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Graham County Patrol Officer Justin Stewart was recognized Oct. 19 for completing courses specializing in recognizing individuals who are Driving While Impaired. Photo by Ruby Annas/news@grahamstar.com

Officer receives DWI Task Force training award

Ruby Annas
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Robbinsville – Graham County Patrol Officer Justin Stewart was recognized Oct. 19 for completing courses pertaining to Driving While Impaired Task Force training. Stewart completed three courses that took about 72 hours. He has been on patrol for the county sheriff’s office for two years.

Suspected meth found near daycare

Kevin Hensley
Friday, October 13, 2023
Robbinsville – Another search warrant was recently executed inside the Cheoah Mobile Home Park on Ford Street. The Graham County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit raided a home at the back of the park July 28. Three arrests were made that night, but a return visit Sept.

‘Death by Distribution’ changes enacted

Ruby Annas
Thursday, October 5, 2023
Raleigh – The General Assembly passed – and Gov. Roy Cooper recently signed into law – Senate Bill 189, “Fentanyl Drug Offense and Related Changes.” The bill revises North Carolina’s Death by Distribution law, as well as fentanyl crimes.