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Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Bobby Kays has been accused of using a Graham County Sheriff’s Office vehicle to run through the front of Robbinsville Pharmacy on Saturday night. After the incident, the damaged portion was boarded up with plywood and the pharmacy reopened Monday. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville Pharmacy

Humvee theft leads to two-county chase

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Robbinsville – It started with a vehicle being taken from the Graham County Sheriff’s Office.  It continued in Cherokee County.  And it ended just shy of the Macon County line.

Darrell Colvin

News Staff
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Darrell Roger “Frosty” Colvin, 62 of the Long Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., passed away on Thursday, April 29, 2021. A native of Graham County, he was the son of Lula Bell Dale Colvin of Robbinsville, N.C., and the late Vincent Colvin.

Donald Cable

News Staff
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Donald Harvey Cable, 66 of Robbinsville, N.C. passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021, after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late Hobert and Genevieve Jenkins Cable. Donald was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend.

Luther Crisp

News Staff
Thursday, May 6, 2021
The Rev. Luther Crisp, 86 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, N.C. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late William Wade and Florence Effie Icenhower Crisp.
A sign at the Robbinsville Wendy’s restaurant advertises help wanted, as Graham County continues to have the highest unemployment numbers in the Southwestern region. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A sign at the Robbinsville Wendy’s restaurant advertises help wanted, as Graham County continues to have the highest unemployment numbers in the Southwestern region. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A complex picture

Charlie Benton
Thursday, May 6, 2021
While people in western North Carolina are indeed returning to work, compared to the initial drastic dip with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic approximately a year ago, experts familiar with the local job market say the picture is more complicated.

Terry James

News Staff
Friday, April 30, 2021
Terry Ray James, 60, of Robbinsville, North Carolina, peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 19, 2021.

Ann Eason Adams

News Staff
Friday, April 30, 2021
Ann Eason Adams, 61, of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at her residence. Ann was the daughter of Virginia Strickland Patton of Robbinsville, N.C. and the late Clive Patton.

Pat Ingram

News Staff
Friday, April 30, 2021
It is with profound sadness that our family must announce the passing of our matriarch – wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother – Patsy McClung Ingram, after an extended period of declining health.