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Submitted. Pictured are Michelle Egan, with the DNR Region, Amy Speed, administrative assistant at Moccasin Creek State Park, and Angie Johnson, Georgia State Parks Director. Speed recently won a statewide Customer Service Award from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Submitted. Pictured are Michelle Egan, with the DNR Region, Amy Speed, administrative assistant at Moccasin Creek State Park, and Angie Johnson, Georgia State Parks Director. Speed recently won a statewide Customer Service Award from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

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Moccasin Creek State Park employee wins award

News Staff
Thursday, June 6, 2024
CLARKESVILLE– Amy Speed, the administrative assistant at Moccasin Creek State Park, recently won a statewide Customer Service Award from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The Rabun County native has worked at the park on Lake Burton since 2011 and has been with DNR since 1996.
Photo courtesy North Georgia Community Players. The cast from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will perform this weekend in Dillard.

Photo courtesy North Georgia Community Players. The cast from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” will perform this weekend in Dillard.

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Joseph of the Bible sings and dances his way into Rabun County

News Staff
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Rabun County area theatergoers are in for a major musical treat, as one of America’s most-performed musicals opened in Dillard on Thursday, May 30. Ten performances were scheduled — Thursday-Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. from May 30 -June 1 and also this week on June 6 -June 8.
Katie Hamby/The Clayton Tribune.

Katie Hamby/The Clayton Tribune.

Members of Habitat For Humanity Rabun County named

News Staff
Thursday, June 6, 2024
The announced members of the Habitat For Humanity Rabun County are Burt Clark - Building; Cynthia Pagano - Secretary; Don Germano - Treasurer/Finance; Dwayne Thompson - Nominations; Ed Steil; Edward Hart; Evans Lockwood; Jaclyn Beasley; Katherine Kelly - Family Selection; Kelli Barnes; Marsha...

Rabun County Public Library Summer programming to be busy

News Staff
Thursday, June 6, 2024
All programs at the library are free and open to the public. The library’s summer reading program is open to all ages. Participants log reading time in minutes using paper or the Beanstack app. Every week, registered participants can win prizes. After 10 hours, kids get fast food coupons.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Hundreds of people showed out to downtown Clayton for the inaugural Ramshackle event June 1 to kick off the summer. Headliner band Futurebirds rocks out and excites the crowd as the all-day event wrapped up with music and dancing. Officials plan to make next year’s version of Ramshackle even bigger.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Hundreds of people showed out to downtown Clayton for the inaugural Ramshackle event June 1 to kick off the summer. Headliner band Futurebirds rocks out and excites the crowd as the all-day event wrapped up with music and dancing. Officials plan to make next year’s version of Ramshackle even bigger.

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Inaugural downtown event kicks off summer season

Megan Horn
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Hundreds of people filled the streets of Downtown Clayton as the town came together for the inaugural Ramshackle event as the kickoff to the summer season Saturday, June 1. The event brought locals to town as well as visitors from all around to Rabun County.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. John Lane and Doug Woodward share a laugh at the picnic area at Warwoman Dell. Lane, an author, and Woodward, a former stuntman, told people at the event about the early days of the designation for the river. Left: Volunteer Jim Chance chops trees in the Warwoman Dell area as part of the early morning cleanup. Others walked trails picking up trash.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. John Lane and Doug Woodward share a laugh at the picnic area at Warwoman Dell. Lane, an author, and Woodward, a former stuntman, told people at the event about the early days of the designation for the river. Left: Volunteer Jim Chance chops trees in the Warwoman Dell area as part of the early morning cleanup. Others walked trails picking up trash.

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Celebrating 50 years of Chattooga River being ‘Wild and Scenic’

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Monday, June 3, 2024
Visit the Chattooga River and it is clear why the flowing waterway has continued to earn its well-deserved distinction for half a century.