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Members of the Graham County Fire and Rescue Squad work their way back to shore after rescuing James Vollmer following an accident that sent the area dentist into the Cheoah River on May 13. Photos courtesy of Graham County Fire and Rescue

Members of the Graham County Fire and Rescue Squad work their way back to shore after rescuing James Vollmer following an accident that sent the area dentist into the Cheoah River on May 13. Photos courtesy of Graham County Fire and Rescue

Andrews man rescued from river

Marshall McClung
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Yellow Creek – Graham County Fire and Rescue members and others were called out to perform a swiftwater rescue on the Cheoah River around 7:45 p.m., on May 13, when 911 dispatchers received word of a car in the water roughly three miles south of Tapoco Lodge on U.S. 129.
Crews are still combating a fire that broke out in a wooded section of the Yellow Creek community Sunday. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Crews are still combating a fire that broke out in a wooded section of the Yellow Creek community Sunday. Photo courtesy of Tory Lynnes/U.S. Forest Service

Firefighters respond to brush fire

Marshall McClung
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Yellow Creek – Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, Graham County and Stecoah Fire Departments responded to a brush fire burning in the Yellow Creek section of Graham County around 1:10 p.m. Sunday.

Local man charged with robbery

Charlie Benton
Thursday, January 7, 2021
Yellow Creek – A Graham County man remains behind bars after allegedly punching a woman and stealing money from her. According to an arrest warrant, 46-year-old Michael Todd Williams allegedly punched the victim in the head and nose, before taking approximately $100 from her.

Keeping the home fires burning

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Yellow Creek – Forty No. 1 hits. Six Grammy awards. A member of the  Country Music Hall of Fame. And 77-year-old Ronnie Milsap is about to get another feather in his cap, and in the very area where he plied his craft. The N.C. Department of Transportation announced in a Dec.

Ruby Crisp

News Staff
Friday, August 14, 2020
Ruby Turpin Crisp, 86 of the Yellow Creek Community in Robbinsville, N.C., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, at her residence. A native of Graham County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Mary Anderson Turpin.

Edith Rowe

News Staff
Friday, July 31, 2020
Edith Rowe, 78 of Yellow Creek, transitioned peacefully and expectantly to her eternal heavenly home on July 22, 2020.  She was welcomed home by her parents, Needmore and Minnie Williams, brothers Ray, Hank and Larry Williams, and loved ones that went before her.

Eliza L. Simons

News Staff
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Eliza (Liz) L. Simons, 92, of Jacksonville, Fla. – formerly of Robbinsville, N.C. and Fairbury, Ill. – passed away at 7:58 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at her residence in Jacksonville, Fla.  She will be buried in Yellow Creek Cemetery in Robbinsville, N.C. Graveside services are pending.