GrahamCountyNC

Hikers take wrong turn

Marshall McClung
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Yellow Creek – Hikers from Cary – on a trip through the Slickrock section of the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness area – ran into problems late in the afternoon of Tuesday, June 9.
Moonshiner Steakhouse on Tallulah Road was bustling Friday evening, even amid social-distancing protocols. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Moonshiner Steakhouse on Tallulah Road was bustling Friday evening, even amid social-distancing protocols. Photos by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Bon appetite

Kevin Hensley
Friday, June 12, 2020
Tallulah – Ribs. Homemade pasta. Glazed salmon. Quality food for any restaurant, but for a place dubbed “Moonshiner Steakhouse,” it seems far-fetched.

Case count reaches 6

Kevin Hensley
Friday, June 12, 2020
Four cases in 10 days. A slow trend if you look most anywhere, but for Graham County, which stood as one of the final four in North Carolina to not have a positive case of COVID-19, it might raise some eyebrows.

Graham County Arrest Report: June 2-6, 2020

News Staff
Friday, June 12, 2020
* June 2 – Brittany Angeline Burchfield, 32, Robbinsville, possess methamphetamine, possess heroin, possess drug paraphernalia * June 2 – Jacob James Sawyer Lewis, 39, Robbinsville, possess methamphetamine, possess heroin, possess drug paraphernalia * June 2 – Amanda Marie Walters, 26, Asheville,...

Carolyn Sue Odom

News Staff
Friday, June 12, 2020
Carolyn Sue Phillips Odom, 86 of the Sweetgum Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord early Monday, June 8, 2020, at her residence. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Minnie Collett Phillips.

Jackie Orr

News Staff
Friday, June 12, 2020
Jackie “Stud” Orr, 82 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at his residence. A native of Graham County, he was the son of the late Floyd and Lillie Jordan Orr.

Robbinsville High awards senior students

Kevin Hensley
Friday, June 12, 2020
Robbinsville – It is normally a highly attended, smile-filled event. However, as with everything else in 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced Robbinsville High School to get creative with its annual senior awards ceremony.