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A contractor and local HUD authority are at odds over electrical work in this Snider Circle home. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

A contractor and local HUD authority are at odds over electrical work in this Snider Circle home. Photo by Charlie Benton/news@grahamstar.com

Contractor, HUD reach impasse

Charlie Benton
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Robbinsville – A local woman and daughter are being threatened with eviction, as sparks fly between a local contractor and local U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) administrator Four Square Community Action.

Renee Jenkins Adams

News Staff
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Renee Jenkins Adams, 56 of the Atoah Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. She was the daughter of Eloise Phillips Jenkins – who passed away three days after Renee – and the late William Hall Jenkins.

Shirey "Mike" Braswell

News Staff
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Shirey “Mike” Braswell passed away peacefully Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. He was 87 years old.  Mike was born Aug. 2, 1933 in Newland, N.C. to his parents Linville and Hettie (Anderson) Braswell. He joined the Air Force and served during the Korean War as a medic. Upon returning to the U.S.

Eloise Phillips Jenkins

News Staff
Thursday, November 12, 2020
When the sun came up on Friday morning, Nov. 6, 2020, Eloise Phillips Jenkins was in the presence of the Lord and Savior she had sung about for most of her 84 years.

Donations accepted through end of month

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Graham County Sheriff’s Office has made plans to spread its own brand of holiday joy this year. The third annual Shop with a Cop will take place in December, where the office buys Christmas presents for county families.

Picking up the pieces

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Robbinsville – A local woman and her family are being forced to start over. Emergency personnel responded to a call about a structure fire on Eller Branch Road around in the early morning hours Nov. 4.
The unusual landscape of Vietnam is just one obstacle Graham County resident Bob Lewis experienced while defending the United States.

The unusual landscape of Vietnam is just one obstacle Graham County resident Bob Lewis experienced while defending the United States.

Semper fi

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Sweetwater – Always faithful. Always loyal.  Those are the English translations of the Latin phrase Semper Fidelis, the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps. Spend one minute with Bob Lewis, and you will quickly learn that he exudes those traits: faithful and loyal. A native of Hagerstown, Md.

Viar arraigned on statutory sex charges

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Robbinsville – A mere seven days passed between Devin McKinnley Viar’s DWI conviction and new charges being filed on the 25-year-old former Graham County sheriff’s deputy. Viar, who lists an address of 452 Old U.S. 129, had a warrant for his arrest filed on Oct. 14.