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Plannin’ ahead
* First in a 4-part series
Tallulah – Twenty years ago, Pat and Betty Satterfield started out with the frame of a greenhouse covered with a tarpaulin.
Beat the clock
Robbinsville – Friday Night Lights might get to create a familiar glow in Robbinsville after all.
Nothin’ finer than being a 49er
Robbinsville – With one single decision, the commute to watch Abigail Knight play a home college softball game plummeted from 987 miles to 213; a 15-hour drive, now just 3 ½.
Fontana Dam eyeing $238K budget
Fontana Dam – It’s no surprise that the county’s smallest municipality is relying largely on revenue from a popular vacation destination to shoulder the load of the 2023-24 budget.
‘Healing, relaxing, therapeutic’
Tapoco – Fontana Village Resort and Tapoco Lodge are nearly seamlessly connected by a 9-mile journey through Rhymers Ferry and Meadow Branch roads in the northeastern corner of Gra
Millage drops 10 cents in Robbinsville
Robbinsville – Residents of the county seat will be enjoying a smaller tax burden next year.
Property taxes, public safety prominent in county budget
Robbinsville – The first budget under Stacy Carpenter’s tenure as the Graham County finance officer was revealed at the June 20 board of commissioners meeting.
Elder Abuse Awareness Fair a success
Robbinsville – June 15 has been designated as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by the UN General Assembly.
UT student killed in crash
Cherohala – A 19-year-old man passed away from injuries sustained in a June 16 motorcycle accident on the Cherohala Skyway.