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Submitted photo. The old mattresses are loaded up to be removed from campus.

Submitted photo. The old mattresses are loaded up to be removed from campus.

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LBCA Foundation donates funds for new mattresses at Victory Home

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
[Clayton, GA] – The Lake Burton Civic Association (LBCA) Foundation donated a $9,250 grant to Victory Home, a faith-based addiction recovery center located in Tallulah Falls. The grant was used to purchase 30 new mattresses to provide adequate sleeping conditions for men in the residential program.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. works to pave Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. The city of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid. Duvall St. and Rickman St. are also on the schedule for paving.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. works to pave Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. The city of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid. Duvall St. and Rickman St. are also on the schedule for paving.

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Paving the way for local improvements

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 24, 2023
CLAYTON– Transportation Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) dollars are at work as C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. worked on paving Chechero St. in Clayton Tuesday. City Manager Trudy Crunkleton said the City of Clayton joined with the county on its paving bid to help reduce the rate. Duvall St.

Mountain Lakes Medical Center begins swing bed program

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Mountain Lakes Medical Center launched a comprehensive patient centric Swing Bed Program on Aug. 15. Swing Bed provides a range of therapies in our rural hospital setting to help patients recover those skills and be able to care for themselves once they return home. “Swing Bed is great.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Patrol cars from multiple law enforcement agencies line U.S. 441 in Habersham County where a Louisiana man was taken into custody after a multi-county chase that started in Rabun on Aug. 21.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Patrol cars from multiple law enforcement agencies line U.S. 441 in Habersham County where a Louisiana man was taken into custody after a multi-county chase that started in Rabun on Aug. 21.

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Arrest made following vehicle pursuit into Habersham

News Staff
Thursday, August 24, 2023
A man is in custody following a vehicle pursuit Monday that traveled into Habersham County before the suspect lost control of the vehicle and spun out. Charles Austin Lawrence, 36 of Elm Grove, La., was arrested and booked into the Rabun County Detention Center Aug.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Mehran Ebadolahi (from left) talks with Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Head of School Jeff Miles as Andrea Sorgeloos and Keith Sorgeloos talk to guests at the Green & Gold Gala in the Woodruff Dining Hall.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Mehran Ebadolahi (from left) talks with Rabun Gap-Nacoochee Head of School Jeff Miles as Andrea Sorgeloos and Keith Sorgeloos talk to guests at the Green & Gold Gala in the Woodruff Dining Hall.

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Green & Gold Gala raises $100,000 for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee at fun inaugural event

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The admiration and appreciation for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School can be seen in how students and faculty visibly display their respect to its academics and how the community speaks in high regard of the learning center.

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Multiple agencies assist in murder investigation

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and multiple other agencies assisted in a murder investigation involving a deceased human body located in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Aug. 7, according to the RCSO.

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Clayton city council votes 3-2 to roll back millage rate

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Clayton City Council members voted in a 3-2 motion to adopt the 2023 rollback millage rate of 7.476 at Tuesday’s meeting. Council members Woody Blalock, David Cross and John Bradshaw voted in favor of the motion while Amanda Harrold and Althea Bleckley opposed. The millage rate of 7.

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Rabun County Fire Services works structure, camper fires

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 17, 2023
A structure fire on Aug. 8 at 454 Luther Watts Rd. and a camper fire on Aug. 10 located at 1455 Highway 441 South caused significant damage to both residences. Rabun County Fire Services reported in their weekly report they were dispatched to Luther Watts Road in reference to a structure fire.
Submitted photo. While Sen. Raphael Warnock visited Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Aug. 8 to discuss the maternal health work Northeast Georgia Health System is doing, he received a tour of the neonatal intensive care unit.

Submitted photo. While Sen. Raphael Warnock visited Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville on Aug. 8 to discuss the maternal health work Northeast Georgia Health System is doing, he received a tour of the neonatal intensive care unit.

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U.S. Sen. Warnock visits the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville to discuss maternal health

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Maternal mortality is getting more and more attention in Georgia as the state has one of the country’s highest maternal mortality rates. Northeast Georgia Heath System (NGHS) is at the forefront of making changes to affect that rate for the better, and on Aug. 8, Sen.