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For the fourth time in five years, Graham County Transit has been recognize with a Safety Award from the N.C. Public Transportation Association. All names are listed from left. Front row: Tracy Jenkins, Donna Hill, transit director Juanita Colvard, Penny Postell, Jennifer Conley, Donna McCracken and Kenny Blevins. Back row: Michael Collins, Michael Badalucca, Andrew Hyde, Terry Crawford, Lamar Carver, Frank Deyton and Tommy Holland. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

For the fourth time in five years, Graham County Transit has been recognize with a Safety Award from the N.C. Public Transportation Association. All names are listed from left. Front row: Tracy Jenkins, Donna Hill, transit director Juanita Colvard, Penny Postell, Jennifer Conley, Donna McCracken and Kenny Blevins. Back row: Michael Collins, Michael Badalucca, Andrew Hyde, Terry Crawford, Lamar Carver, Frank Deyton and Tommy Holland. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Safety is a lifestyle

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, July 7, 2022
West Fort Hill – The results speak for themselves: if you want a safe trip, Graham County Transit has you covered. For the fourth time in a five-year span (2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022), the department has been awarded one of six safety awards from the N.C. Public Transportation Association.

Never too early to plan for Halloween

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Robbinsville – Planning has started for the Trunk or Treat downtown Halloween celebration. The Robbinsville Tourism Authority met on June 29 for its monthly meeting and starting working out details for the annual celebration, held on Main Street and one of the town’s most popular annual events.
An architectural rendering shows a conceptual plan for a new Graham County Justice Center off West Fort Hill Road. Graphic courtesy of Heery Design, Orlando, Fla.

An architectural rendering shows a conceptual plan for a new Graham County Justice Center off West Fort Hill Road. Graphic courtesy of Heery Design, Orlando, Fla.

Details emerge for planned Graham County Justice Center

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 7, 2022
West Fort Hill – Graham County government has released details for a centralized justice center it plans to build on an 11-acre parcel off West Fort Hill Road.
A lawsuit between Smoky Mountain Urgent Care and Graham County has been ordered to enter mediation.

A lawsuit between Smoky Mountain Urgent Care and Graham County has been ordered to enter mediation.

Judge orders mediation in county, urgent care lawsuit

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Robbinsville – A Superior Court judge has ordered a mediated settlement conference between Smoky Mountain Urgent Care and Graham County government before a trial can take place.
Cameron and Hannah Anderson (left) stand with Hannah’s grandfather Billy Holder, who is helping them with their garden off Lower Stecoah Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Cameron and Hannah Anderson (left) stand with Hannah’s grandfather Billy Holder, who is helping them with their garden off Lower Stecoah Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Sitting under the learning tree

Randy Foster
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Stecoah – Billy Holder was the last gardener featured in The Graham Star’s “Green Thumbs” series in 2021. The 88-year-old Stecoah resident had three gardens back then (he has four now), but this story is about the torch he handed off this year to his granddaughter, Hannah Anderson.
Cherokee Language Summer Course students recite the Pledge of Allegiance Saturday at the Graham County Heritage Festival. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Cherokee Language Summer Course students recite the Pledge of Allegiance Saturday at the Graham County Heritage Festival. Photos by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Festival continues rebound

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Robbinsville – Stop a local on the street and ask how many vendors used to adorn the courthouse square for the Graham County Heritage Festival. In response, their adulation and memories will simply flow.
There is green as far as the eye can see at the Robbinsville Community Garden, which is located behind the Church Mouse thrift store between North Main and Ford streets in Robbinsville. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

There is green as far as the eye can see at the Robbinsville Community Garden, which is located behind the Church Mouse thrift store between North Main and Ford streets in Robbinsville. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

In full bloom

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Robbinsville – As inflation hits families in the pocketbook, Robbinsville Community Garden offers an inexpensive way to grow your own food, especially if you don’t have gardening space of your own.
Two signs identifying Ronnie Milsap Highway were installed on U.S. Hwy. 129, one near Yellow Creek Road (pictured here) and the other near Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap spent some of his childhood. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.c

Two signs identifying Ronnie Milsap Highway were installed on U.S. Hwy. 129, one near Yellow Creek Road (pictured here) and the other near Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap spent some of his childhood. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.c

State installs signs on Ronnie Milsap Highway

Randy Foster
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Tapoco – Eighteen months after a seven-mile stretch of U.S. Hwy. 129 in Graham County was named in his honor, Ronnie Milsap Highway signs have been installed between Yellow Creek Road and just past Meadow Branch Road, not far from the community where Milsap was raised. The N.C.

Elouise Hooper Orr

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
On Saturday, June 25, 2022, Elouise Hooper Orr was carried home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Hands that showed her labors of love were held by her family and she was surrounded by those she had impacted the most.