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AdventHealth – which operates a facility in Robbinsville – implemented visitor restrictions last week.

AdventHealth – which operates a facility in Robbinsville – implemented visitor restrictions last week.

AdventHealth implements temporary visitor restrictions

News Staff
Monday, January 5, 2026
Hendersonville – Due to an increase in respiratory illnesses across the region – including flu, COVID-19 and RSV – AdventHealth is implementing temporary visitor restrictions and safety protocols at its North Carolina facilities, to help protect patients, visitors and team members.
Three months after opening, AdventHealth Medical Group Multispeciality at Graham County has responded to perceived issues regarding its hours of operation. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Three months after opening, AdventHealth Medical Group Multispeciality at Graham County has responded to perceived issues regarding its hours of operation. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

AdventHealth addresses misleading operating hours

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Robbinsville – Amid questions brought on by social media and Google searches alike, Graham County’s urgent care provider issued an exclusive statement last week to The Graham Star regarding its hours of operation. Since opening its doors to see patients on Oct.
Monday was circled on the calendar as AdventHealth’s opening of urgent care services in Graham County, but the Hendersonville-based provider is aiming for an October debut. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Monday was circled on the calendar as AdventHealth’s opening of urgent care services in Graham County, but the Hendersonville-based provider is aiming for an October debut. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care opening delayed – again

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Robbinsville – Though decals adorn the front entrance and a sign welcoming everyone sits on the corner of South Main Street, the scheduled date for AdventHealth’s urgent care opening came and went with no patients seen. Optimism was through the roof when AdventHealth held an open house on Aug.
For her tireless work as an advocate for urgent-care availability in Graham County, transit director Juanita Colvard was given her flowers during Tuesday’s AdventHealth open house. Presenting Colvard with the bouquet is AdventHealth Hendersonville Physician Services Director of Operations Kevin Morgan. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

For her tireless work as an advocate for urgent-care availability in Graham County, transit director Juanita Colvard was given her flowers during Tuesday’s AdventHealth open house. Presenting Colvard with the bouquet is AdventHealth Hendersonville Physician Services Director of Operations Kevin Morgan. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care opening Sept. 16

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, August 8, 2024
Robbinsville – The building is the same; yet, the provider’s philosophy is much different.
Graham County residents will only have to wait 2 ½ more months for the return of a local urgent care, which will be housed in this building in downtown Robbinsville. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Graham County residents will only have to wait 2 ½ more months for the return of a local urgent care, which will be housed in this building in downtown Robbinsville. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care opens Aug. 1

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Robbinsville – Local residents can finally circle a day on their calendars for the return of urgent-care services to Graham County.
Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care term is 10 years

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Robbinsville – AdventHealth will enter into a 10-year contract to provide urgent- and primary-care services to Graham County.
Save for a local chiropractor using the space to provide services, this portion of the county-owned building at 21 S. Main St. has remained vacant since late-August. It was revealed Monday that urgent care would be back open inside the facility to serve residents later this year. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Save for a local chiropractor using the space to provide services, this portion of the county-owned building at 21 S. Main St. has remained vacant since late-August. It was revealed Monday that urgent care would be back open inside the facility to serve residents later this year. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent matter resolved

Kevin Hensley
Friday, March 1, 2024
Robbinsville – For months, Graham County has lacked the availability of local urgent care. A deal announced Monday afternoon hopes to correct the issue – once and for all.
AdventHealth was recently selected to build a 67-bed hospital in the Candler area. Graham was pinpointed as 1-of-4 counties that would be included in the hospital’s coverage area.

AdventHealth was recently selected to build a 67-bed hospital in the Candler area. Graham was pinpointed as 1-of-4 counties that would be included in the hospital’s coverage area.

AdventHealth awarded certificate for 67-bed hospital

Randy Foster
Friday, December 2, 2022
Candler – AdventHealth was chosen over two contenders to build a 67-acute care bed hospital just west of Asheville in Buncombe County, for a hospital service area that includes Graham, Buncombe, Yancey and Madison counties.
State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

AdventHealth pitches new hospital

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Robbinsville – One-of-three hospital companies vying to fill an identified need for 67 more hospital beds in Buncombe County held a “listening session” Monday in Graham County, 1-of-3 outlying counties identified as within the hospital region’s service area.