GrahamCountyNC

Surveillance camera system pitched

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Lake Santeetlah – The Graham County Sheriff’s Office is promoting a security camera system that will record vehicle license plate information and transmit that data to local government and law enforcement.
Mac Turkmen unveils one of four tanning rooms he has added to his hair and nails salon on Tallulah Road. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Mac Turkmen unveils one of four tanning rooms he has added to his hair and nails salon on Tallulah Road. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Hair, nails and tanning

News Staff
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Tallulah – Mac Turkmen has worked for himself since he was 9 years old when he went door-to-door polishing shoes. As a teenager, he owned a restaurant.
State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

State Rep. Karl Gillespie (R-Macon), the Rev. Eric Reece, Graham County Commissioner Lynn Cody, and AdventistHealth representative Graham Fields (from left) discuss AdventHealth’s proposal to build a 67-bed hospital in Buncombe County. Graham County is within Buncombe County’s hospital service area. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

AdventHealth pitches new hospital

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Robbinsville – One-of-three hospital companies vying to fill an identified need for 67 more hospital beds in Buncombe County held a “listening session” Monday in Graham County, 1-of-3 outlying counties identified as within the hospital region’s service area.
Brenda and Harold Williams pose beside their Beech Creek garden July 18. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Brenda and Harold Williams pose beside their Beech Creek garden July 18. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Family tradition

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Sweetwater – Harold and Brenda Williams are surrounded by relatives, past and present, on property that has been in the family since 1893.

Moody prevails

News Staff
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Robbinsville – Though a handful of absentee and provisional ballots are still to be combed through, one thing is abundantly clear: there will be a new sheriff in Graham County following the November election.
Jay Patel of Jonesboro, Ga., Chris Meaker of Charlotte, Jeff Millsaps of Graham County Rescue Squad and Mayur Malde of Sewanee, Tenn. (from left) attend a check presentation at Blue Waters Resort on Lake Santeetlah on Saturday. The group, Smokies GT, donated $5,000 to the rescue squad. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Jay Patel of Jonesboro, Ga., Chris Meaker of Charlotte, Jeff Millsaps of Graham County Rescue Squad and Mayur Malde of Sewanee, Tenn. (from left) attend a check presentation at Blue Waters Resort on Lake Santeetlah on Saturday. The group, Smokies GT, donated $5,000 to the rescue squad. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Car club donates $5,000 to county rescue squad

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Lake Santeetlah – A car club of Porsche GT enthusiasts that regularly raises money for cystic fibrosis research donated $5,000 to the Graham County Rescue Squad on Saturday at Blue Waters Resort, where members of the group were staying.

Andrew Jackson Rogers

News Staff
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Andrew Jackson Rogers, 73 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of the late Gordon and Minnie Quilliams Rogers.

Ronald Keith Anderson

News Staff
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Ronald Keith Anderson, 57, departed this life for his heavenly home July 11, 2022, at his residence.  He was born in Marietta, Ga., but had lived in Graham County for most of his life. He was the son of the late Ronald Lee and Doris Brooks Anderson.

Ronald Picon

News Staff
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Ronald Picon, 61 of Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord Sunday, July 10, 2022, at his residence. He was the son of the late William and Anna Navas Picon.