RobbinsvilleNC

An outline of the area that will be treated as part of the proposed Crossover Project. Map courtesy of U.S. National Forest Service.

An outline of the area that will be treated as part of the proposed Crossover Project. Map courtesy of U.S. National Forest Service.

National Forest management plans stirs up concern

Randy Foster
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Tatham Gap – The U.S. Forest Service is developing plans to restore and protect portions of a 16,000-acre swath of land between Robbinsville and Andrews, which has many in Graham County worried.
This 13-unit subdivision off Moose Branch Road will provide affordable housing to the Robbinsville-area housing market. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

This 13-unit subdivision off Moose Branch Road will provide affordable housing to the Robbinsville-area housing market. Photo by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Work on Moose Branch subdivision set to resume

Randy Foster
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Robbinsville – With the off-season for construction coming to an end, work is expected to resume on a 13-unit subdivision of affordable housing, off Moose Branch Road. Ground was broken on the Graham County Rural Development Authority’s Moose Branch Subdivision Project in October.
Torey Bennett shows the loppers damaged when he tried to trim limbs overhanging a power line behind his house off Meadow Branch Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Torey Bennett shows the loppers damaged when he tried to trim limbs overhanging a power line behind his house off Meadow Branch Road. Photos by Randy Foster/news@grahamstar.com

Perilous task

Randy Foster
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Meadow Branch – 2022 has been snowy for Graham County.

Father arrested after infant death

Kevin Hensley
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Robbinsville – A week-long investigation ended with the arrest of a local man. Corbin Lee Nunez, 22, was booked into the Graham County Detention Center on Monday and charged with murder in the death of an 8-month-old female infant.
Members of Robbinsville’s youth program take a moment with coaches and parents to relish their state championship victories on Feb. 5 in Advance. Shown are wrestlers (front row, from left) Bracey Wilson, Loxston Hooper, Lawton Gibby, Adair Panama and Lleyton Hooper; Benton Gibby, Braydon Lane, Andrew Adams, Kyler Branham and Mason Phillips (second row, from left).

Members of Robbinsville’s youth program take a moment with coaches and parents to relish their state championship victories on Feb. 5 in Advance. Shown are wrestlers (front row, from left) Bracey Wilson, Loxston Hooper, Lawton Gibby, Adair Panama and Lleyton Hooper; Benton Gibby, Braydon Lane, Andrew Adams, Kyler Branham and Mason Phillips (second row, from left).

Upcoming Knights win title

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Advance – The 40th annual N.C. Junior High State Championship belongs to Robbinsville. Chocked full of potential – which still has time to develop – seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade Black Knights traveled to the Rise Indoor Sports Complex on Feb.

Randy James Carpenter

News Staff
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Randy James Carpenter, 52 of the Hares Creek community of Robbinsville, N.C, passed away, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. He was a native of Graham County, and the son of Izetta Styles Carpenter and the late Virges Carpenter.

Nantahala Regional Library card will allow statewide access

Randy Foster
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – It’s a pesky little task, but you’re going to want to renew your library card. Doing so will open up a vast collection of publications from libraries across North Carolina. Nantahala Regional Library will soon begin using a new Integrated Library System to manage its collection.
Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Local crews had to extinguish two separate brush fires over a span of four days, including this one Monday at Deals Gap.

Brush fires threaten local homes

Marshall McClung
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Robbinsville – Firefighters with the N.C. Forest Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Graham County Fire Department responded to a brush fire near a home on Five Point Road around 1 p.m. Friday.

Linda Smith Lofty

News Staff
Thursday, February 10, 2022
We regretfully announce the passing of Linda Smith Lofty, 73 of Robbinsville, N.C. on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Linda was surrounded by her family prior to and upon her passing, at Mission Hospital in Asheville N.C. Linda was a loving and dedicated mother and grandmother to her family.

Arthur Ray Carver

News Staff
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Arthur Ray Carver, 63 of Robbinsville, N.C., passed away, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, NC. He was a native of Graham County and the son of the late James Claude Carver and Bonnie Marie Coe.