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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.

Christmas Eve fire burns 1 acre

Marshall McClung
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Atoah – Holidays are often a busy time for emergency personnel – including firefighters. This was the case on Christmas Eve, when a brush fire was reported on Atoah Road around 2 p.m.

Brush fire threatens home

Marshall McClung
Friday, December 8, 2023
Robbinsville – Firefighters with the Graham County Fire Department, N.C. Forest Service and U.S. Forest Service responded to an out-of-control brush fire on Dillard Orr Road around 6:20 p.m. Nov. 29.
Crews are still combating a fire that broke out in a wooded section of the Yellow Creek community Sunday. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Crews are still combating a fire that broke out in a wooded section of the Yellow Creek community Sunday. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Firefighters respond to brush fire

Marshall McClung
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Yellow Creek – Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, Graham County and Stecoah Fire Departments responded to a brush fire burning in the Yellow Creek section of Graham County around 1:10 p.m. Sunday.

Rain halts brush fires

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Rain that began falling on Good Friday put a stop to the brush fires that have become an almost daily occurrence – at least temporarily. There were two more brush fires before the rain arrived. A debris-burning fire escaped control on Long Creek Road around 1 p.m. on April 4.
What started as an attempt to burn debris off Tallulah Road turned into a busy night for firefighters March 30. When the fire was finally contained, over 90 acres of forest land had been scorched. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

What started as an attempt to burn debris off Tallulah Road turned into a busy night for firefighters March 30. When the fire was finally contained, over 90 acres of forest land had been scorched. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Heavy winds down power lines, cause wildfires

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Tallulah – Windy conditions, low humidity and dense underbrush all combined to make it difficult to control a large brush fire that started around 12:40 p.m. March 30. Firefighters with both the N.C. and U.S.

Downed power lines spark brush fires

Marshall McClung
Friday, March 31, 2023
Snowbird – A U.S. Forest Service crew discovered a brush fire burning shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Local firefighters from both the U.S. and N.C. forest services responded to the fire burning on Old Santeetlah Road.
This map illustrates the new U.S. Forest Service management plan for a large portion of the Southern Region, as it pertains to Graham County.

This map illustrates the new U.S. Forest Service management plan for a large portion of the Southern Region, as it pertains to Graham County.

Forest Service releases responses to management plans

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Robbinsville – The U.S. Forest Service issued a Jan. 19 response to objection issues raised for the revised Nantahala and Pisgah forest plan.