The year is one for history books
File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25. This happened around the same time as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service crews battled a fire burning in the Warwoman Wildlife Management Area between Sarah’s Creek and Walnut Fork, north of Warwoman Creek in Rabun County.
File/Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Jim Bleckley received an extra birthday surprise on Oct. 24 as the Rabun County Welcome Center was dedicated in his honor. Bleckley served as the county administrator for more than 24 years.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Commissioners are presented with a resolution proclaiming Rabun County as the “Waterfall Capital of Georgia” during the July 22 Board of Commissioners meeting. Pictured are Commissioner Kent Woerner, left; Chairman Greg James; Georgia District 10 Rep. Victor Anderson; Andrew Harris, Lake Burton resident who drafted the resolution and spearheaded the designation; and Commissioners Will Nichols and Tom Garrison. Not pictured is Commissioner Scott Crane.
File/Megan Horn/Local nonprofit Fight Abuse in the Home (F.A.I.T.H.) broke ground on its state-of-the-art Power House and Healing Barn.
The year 2025 proved to be a record year for many people and organizations. It was also met with leadership changes and new developments.
The Rabun County Board of Education (BOE) grapple...

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