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U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards (left) is given a tour of the newly-completed wing at Robbinsville Middle School by Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight (center) and middle school principal Tonia Walsh on Tuesday morning. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards (left) is given a tour of the newly-completed wing at Robbinsville Middle School by Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight (center) and middle school principal Tonia Walsh on Tuesday morning. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Congressman visits new middle school wing

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Robbinsville – Freshman U.S. Rep. Chuck Edwards spent part of Day 2 of his first tour of his sprawling 17-county congressional district with a visit to Robbinsville Middle School on Tuesday.
A Graham County deputy is shown stationed outside Robbinsville Elementary School on Dec. 7, after a bomb threat was phoned into the district’s tip line earlier that morning. Graham County Schools were shut down for the day as a safety precaution, with both sheriff’s deputies and state troopers protecting entrances to the schools until the situation was investigated. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

A Graham County deputy is shown stationed outside Robbinsville Elementary School on Dec. 7, after a bomb threat was phoned into the district’s tip line earlier that morning. Graham County Schools were shut down for the day as a safety precaution, with both sheriff’s deputies and state troopers protecting entrances to the schools until the situation was investigated. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Bomb threat a hoax

Randy Foster
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County schools were closed Wednesday, Dec. 7, following a prank bomb threat called into the schools telephone hotline.
Robbinsville Middle School students assigned to the “Amistad” (Red) House gather around the 100-plus cans collected to help combat local hunger. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville Middle School students assigned to the “Amistad” (Red) House gather around the 100-plus cans collected to help combat local hunger. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Friendly competition benefitting local needs

Kevin Hensley
Friday, December 9, 2022
Robbinsville – An innovative idea that is evolving throughout the school year has sparked a bevy of unique ideas on the path to winning a competition.
Clark “Chip” Carringer and Debra “Hank” Dinschel recite oaths of office administered by Graham County Clerk of Court Tammy Holloway at a special-called meeting of the Graham County Board of Education on Tuesday evening. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Clark “Chip” Carringer and Debra “Hank” Dinschel recite oaths of office administered by Graham County Clerk of Court Tammy Holloway at a special-called meeting of the Graham County Board of Education on Tuesday evening. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

New board of education members sworn in

Randy Foster
Friday, December 9, 2022
Robbinsville – The Graham County Board of Education seated newly-elected member Debra “Hank” Dinschel and newly re-elected, two-term member Clark “Chip” Carringer during a special called meeting on Tuesday evening.

District rolls out plan to improve school grades

Randy Foster
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools, responding to low-performance grades at two of its three schools, has developed plans to bring those grades up. The Graham County Board of Education held a special called meeting Nov. 2, to comply with deadlines to formalize the plans.
Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight (left) shows representatives from Blue Cross NC Robbinsville High School’s Black Knights mobile food truck on Friday. Among Blue Cross NC officials were Dr. Tunde Sotunde, a pediatrician who is president and CEO of Blue Cross NC (center). Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Graham County Schools Superintendent Angie Knight (left) shows representatives from Blue Cross NC Robbinsville High School’s Black Knights mobile food truck on Friday. Among Blue Cross NC officials were Dr. Tunde Sotunde, a pediatrician who is president and CEO of Blue Cross NC (center). Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Blue Cross NC officials visit Graham County leaders

Randy Foster
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Robbinsville – The state of health in Graham County was of keen interest to executives of Blue Cross NC, who stopped in Robbinsville on Oct. 7 at the midway point of a tour of all North Carolina’s 100 counties. Graham County was the 51st stop in the statewide tour that began in January 2021.
Almost two dozen members of the Noble Knights, a group that looks out for the welfare of fellow students, leads the Graham County Board of Education in the Pledge of Allegiance at the board’s meeting on Tuesday. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Almost two dozen members of the Noble Knights, a group that looks out for the welfare of fellow students, leads the Graham County Board of Education in the Pledge of Allegiance at the board’s meeting on Tuesday. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Funding, test scores punctuate meeting

Randy Foster
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Robbinsville – Tuesday’s meeting of the Graham County Board of Education reflected hard financial times, recovery from low school scores – and a glimmer of hope for the future.
Robbinsville Elementary School Principal Dr. Jaime Hooper address parents and family members of students at the Sept. 13 “Breakfast of Champions,” a one-hour Q&A session with school officials. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Robbinsville Elementary School Principal Dr. Jaime Hooper address parents and family members of students at the Sept. 13 “Breakfast of Champions,” a one-hour Q&A session with school officials. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

‘Champions’ meal yields fruitful insight from faculty, parents

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, September 22, 2022
Robbinsville – Officials with Robbinsville Elementary School made one thing abundantly clear Sept. 13: the facility is working every day toward the betterment of each and every pupil.