GrahamCountyNC

Town doubling down on water cutoffs

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Robbinsville – Leniency will soon go out the window. While discussing the Town of Robbinsville’s planned 2024-25 fiscal budget at a special-called meeting Tuesday, town clerk Amanda Gyongyos revealed that water/sewer customers in the municipality have a combined $24,000 in past due balances.
With temperatures Monday afternoon in the 90s, participants in this year’s Elder Abuse Awareness Walk called an audible and made laps around the Graham County Community Building’s meeting room, where a corresponding fair had just wrapped up hours earlier. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

With temperatures Monday afternoon in the 90s, participants in this year’s Elder Abuse Awareness Walk called an audible and made laps around the Graham County Community Building’s meeting room, where a corresponding fair had just wrapped up hours earlier. Photo by Latresa Phillips/The Graham Star

Walk in their shoes

Latresa Phillips
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Robbinsville – Elder abuse is a growing concern as the number of adults over the age of 65 in North Carolina grows.  By 2025, 1-in-5 residents will be over 65. Longevity creates greater opportunity for older adults to experience maltreatment, whether physical, emotional or financial.

County participating in World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

Latresa Phillips
Friday, June 14, 2024
Robbinsville – June 17 has been designated as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by the United Nations’ General Assembly. The purpose of the day is to provide communities around the world with an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the abuse and neglect of older persons.

Measuring miracles: one foot at a time

Latresa Phillips
Friday, June 14, 2024
In 1991, Murphy’s Betsy Lane heard a segment on National Public Radio about getting new shoes for needy kids. As a child, she could remember her own need for shoes. She was so touched that she began collecting and donating shoes in Cherokee County.

Snake encounter triggers rescue mission

Marshall McClung
Friday, June 14, 2024
Slickrock – Graham County Rescue Squad members were dispatched around 8:25 p.m., Saturday, in response to a 911 call about a hiker having difficulties. A group of seven individuals – who were members of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club, from the Knoxville area – had left Big Fat Gap around 10:30 a.m.

Young hikers located

Marshall McClung
Thursday, June 6, 2024
The Graham County 911 Center was notified around 5:25 p.m. Monday of two young children from Georgia missing on the Appalachian Trail. The boy and girl – ages 8 and 9 – were hiking with their father in the vicinity of Brown Fork Gap when they became separated.
Richard “Dick” Evans (left) was surprised by Heath Emmons with the U.S. Forest Service and the Partners of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness on Monday with the Region 8 Volunteer of the Year Award. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Richard “Dick” Evans (left) was surprised by Heath Emmons with the U.S. Forest Service and the Partners of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness on Monday with the Region 8 Volunteer of the Year Award. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

3rd time’s the charm

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 6, 2024
There are roughly 3,800 acres of land inside the borders of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Chances are, Dick Evans knows every inch of them like the back of his hand. A volunteer with the U.S.
Emma Beasley (left) and Memory Frapp are Robbinsville High School’s respective Class of 2024 salutatorian and valedictorian. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Emma Beasley (left) and Memory Frapp are Robbinsville High School’s respective Class of 2024 salutatorian and valedictorian. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

No comparison needed

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Robbinsville – The melting pot that is public education often unites students with very different interests. Outside of math and a shared desire to enter the field of healthcare, Memory Ann Marie Frapp and Emma Grace Beasley have little else in common.
Caps, confetti, and Silly String began to litter the evening sky Friday, as the Robbinsville High School Class of 2024 launched a celebration at the end of the annual commencement exercise on Bob Colvin Field at Modeal Walsh Memorial (Big Oaks) Stadium. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Caps, confetti, and Silly String began to litter the evening sky Friday, as the Robbinsville High School Class of 2024 launched a celebration at the end of the annual commencement exercise on Bob Colvin Field at Modeal Walsh Memorial (Big Oaks) Stadium. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

From students to adults

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Robbinsville – After a one-year pause, the annual Robbinsville High School graduation exercise returned to Modeal Walsh Memorial (Big Oaks) Stadium; a tradition started in the wake of the pandemic in 2020.