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Angie Knight, superintendent of Graham County Schools, in front of the old VFW building on Main Street in Robbinsville. The school district received a $511,500 grant to restore and convert the building into a sandwich and coffee shop – as well as imprinting shop – to teach high school students real-world skills. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Angie Knight, superintendent of Graham County Schools, in front of the old VFW building on Main Street in Robbinsville. The school district received a $511,500 grant to restore and convert the building into a sandwich and coffee shop – as well as imprinting shop – to teach high school students real-world skills. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Schools get $511K grant

Randy Foster
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Robbinsville – Graham County Schools has received a $511,500 Golden LEAF Foundation grant that will be used to start a downtown coffee/sandwich shop and imprinting shop to teach Robbinsville High School students real-world workforce skills.

Dalton Anderson

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Dalton Anderson, 33 of the Yellow Creek community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Friday, April 1, 2022. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of Tammie Hall Anderson and the late Arthur Anderson, and the grandson of Varnel Anderson and the late Shirley Anderson.

Dorothy “Dot” Roberts Hyde

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Dorothy (Dot) Roberts Hyde was born in 1920 in Buncombe County, N.C. to John Harvey and Myrtle Spain Roberts. She died at Woods Assisted Living at Givens Estates in Asheville, N.C. on Wednesday, March 30, 2022.

Jack Edward McCray

News Staff
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Jack Edward McCray, 68 of the Massey Branch community of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Robbinsville, N.C. He was a native of Clay County, N.C. and the son of the late Nathan and Inez Canup McCray.

Injured hiker rescued above lodge

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Tapoco – Graham County 911 received a call from a couple around 4:30 p.m. on March 29, stating that they had found an injured woman lying in a section of the Slickrock Trail from the trailhead below Tapoco Lodge.

Car show details revealed

Randy Foster
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Robbinsville – Details are being worked out for a car show that will be held in Robbinsville on May 7. Members of the Robbinsville Tourism Authority met on March 29 to discuss the event.
Aaron Whittemore (left) with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative describes the difference between healthy and unhealthy hemlock trees near Robbinsville on March 29. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Aaron Whittemore (left) with the Hemlock Restoration Initiative describes the difference between healthy and unhealthy hemlock trees near Robbinsville on March 29. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Initiative discusses affordable hemlock treatment

Randy Foster
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Snowbird – A small group of people from several surrounding counties gathered around Aaron Whittemore as he described the eastern hemlock tree close by. This tree is struggling to live, he explained.
Robbinsville’s Will Crisp competes in the rifle competition at Saturday’s District 9 Tournament. Photo courtesy of Cheri Lynn/Robbinsville Shooting Team

Robbinsville’s Will Crisp competes in the rifle competition at Saturday’s District 9 Tournament. Photo courtesy of Cheri Lynn/Robbinsville Shooting Team

Shooting season ends at district

Kevin Hensley
Monday, March 28, 2022
Columbus – Robbinsville’s shooting season came to an unfortunate end at Saturday’s District 9 Tournament, which was held at the Polk County Gun Club.
Robbinsville was well-represented at the state HOSA competition, which was held in Greensboro from March 9-12. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville High School HOSA

Robbinsville was well-represented at the state HOSA competition, which was held in Greensboro from March 9-12. Photo courtesy of Robbinsville High School HOSA

Tomorrow’s leaders shine at state HOSA conference

Kevin Hensley
Monday, March 28, 2022
Greensboro – For a span of three days, the student body at Robbinsville High School was slightly thinned out.