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Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Thanks to a 10-year deal with AdventHealth, urgent care services will return at this county-owned facility within the next 3-6 months. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care term is 10 years

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Robbinsville – AdventHealth will enter into a 10-year contract to provide urgent- and primary-care services to Graham County.
The final existence of Smoky Mountain Urgent Care in Graham County was recently erased, as a lawsuit between the county and the facility’s owner has been dismissed. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

The final existence of Smoky Mountain Urgent Care in Graham County was recently erased, as a lawsuit between the county and the facility’s owner has been dismissed. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care lawsuit dismissed

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Robbinsville – It’s over. With a favorable outcome looking dim for the defendant, Dr. David Castor – director of Bryson City-based Smoky Mountain Urgent Care – moved to have a longstanding lawsuit between himself and Graham County dismissed on April 4.
This GE Definium XR/f will be available for patients at Graham County Urgent Care and Family Practice within the next three months.

This GE Definium XR/f will be available for patients at Graham County Urgent Care and Family Practice within the next three months.

New x-ray coming to urgent care

Kevin Hensley
Friday, March 31, 2023
Robbinsville – The Graham County Board of Commissioners accepted a bid for a new x-ray machine at the March 21 meeting, which will be used at Graham County Urgent Care and Family Practice.
Dr. David Booth (center) officially cuts the ribbon outside the re-opened urgent-care facility in Robbinsville on Feb. 16. With Booth are (from left) Graham County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jacob Nelms, nurse Dedie Barker, commissioner Connie Orr, receptionist Brianna Elkins, interim county health director and nurse practitioner Meggan Smith, urgent-care advocate Juanita Colvard, commissioner Natasha Williams and interim county manager Kim Crisp. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Dr. David Booth (center) officially cuts the ribbon outside the re-opened urgent-care facility in Robbinsville on Feb. 16. With Booth are (from left) Graham County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jacob Nelms, nurse Dedie Barker, commissioner Connie Orr, receptionist Brianna Elkins, interim county health director and nurse practitioner Meggan Smith, urgent-care advocate Juanita Colvard, commissioner Natasha Williams and interim county manager Kim Crisp. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

‘It’s a win-win’

Kevin Hensley
Friday, February 24, 2023
Robbinsville – With a quick snip, Graham County Urgent Care was deemed officially ready to receive patients. County dignitaries joined staff at the front entrance to the former location of Smoky Mountain Urgent Care (21 S. Main St., Robbinsville) on Feb.
Urgent-care services reopened for residents Tuesday. Until more staff comes aboard, the crew will be limited to just three on-site personnel: Dedie Barker, Meggan Smith and Emily McKeehan – all Graham County natives. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent-care services reopened for residents Tuesday. Until more staff comes aboard, the crew will be limited to just three on-site personnel: Dedie Barker, Meggan Smith and Emily McKeehan – all Graham County natives. Photo by Kevin Hensley/editor@grahamstar.com

Urgent care returns

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Robbinsville – For some, news of urgent care services rebooting in Graham County might have been the greatest Valentine’s Day gift they could have received.

County closing in on new urgent care contract

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Robbinsville – Graham County commissioners were expected to make final decisions after Wednesday’s press deadline on a contract with Dr. David Booth to take over urgent care operations in the county. The board of commissioners were scheduled to meet in closed session at 5 p.m.

Smith named interim health director

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 26, 2023
Robbinsville – Graham County commissioners appointed Meggan Smith – a Robbinsville-based family nurse practitioner – to fill in as interim public health director, following Beth Booth’s impending departure from the Public Health Department on Feb. 3. The Board of Commissioner recessed from its Jan.
Graham County acting manager Kim Crisp, commissioners Natasha Williams, Jacob Nelms, Connie Orr (seated), Lynn Cody and Keith Eller (from left) appear with Dr. David Booth and his wife Cora Booth (right), following contract negotiations Monday. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Graham County acting manager Kim Crisp, commissioners Natasha Williams, Jacob Nelms, Connie Orr (seated), Lynn Cody and Keith Eller (from left) appear with Dr. David Booth and his wife Cora Booth (right), following contract negotiations Monday. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Plans for new provider underway

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Robbinsville – Graham County commissioners are in final negotiations with a physician to take over urgent-care services, after Bryson City-based Smoky Mountain Urgent Care closes its Robbinsville practice at the end of this month.
Smoky Mountain Urgent Care will soon be vacating the property the Bryson City-based medical provider has leased from Graham County. However, the county is already working on bringing in another provider and reviving the use of several pieces of medical equipment that have sat dormant for some time. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Smoky Mountain Urgent Care will soon be vacating the property the Bryson City-based medical provider has leased from Graham County. However, the county is already working on bringing in another provider and reviving the use of several pieces of medical equipment that have sat dormant for some time. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Provider leaving at end of January

Randy Foster
Thursday, January 5, 2023
Robbinsville – Smoky Mountain Urgent Care will be closing its Robbinsville practice at the end of January, ending a year-long conflict between the provider and its landlord, Graham County Government.
Connie Orr, chairman of the Graham County Board of Commissioners, lawyer Dale Curriden and Juanita Colvard, who helped develop the county’s plan for urgent care and imaging services (from left) confer in court Monday, while waiting on a judge’s ruling in a lawsuit filed by Smoky Mountain Urgent Care. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Connie Orr, chairman of the Graham County Board of Commissioners, lawyer Dale Curriden and Juanita Colvard, who helped develop the county’s plan for urgent care and imaging services (from left) confer in court Monday, while waiting on a judge’s ruling in a lawsuit filed by Smoky Mountain Urgent Care. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

County can evict urgent care

Randy Foster
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Robbinsville – A Superior Court judge ruled against Smoky Mountain Urgent Care’s Robbinsville clinic on Monday, saying it was in breach of its contracts with Graham County and that the county is entitled to evict the practice from the county-owned building where the clinic has operated since 2018.