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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Local students participate in the Foxfire Summer Leadership Program and help Foxfire Museum Director Barry Stiles hew logs to prepare building the miniature replica Blacksmith Shop that will be featured at The Children’s Village. Pictured are Stiles; Rabun County High School students Luke Thompson, Sam Flaherty, Celton Littrell, Sean Flaherty, Brinn Justice, and Gavin Sharpe; Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School student Lily Karplus; and home-schooled student Olivia Nixon.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Local students participate in the Foxfire Summer Leadership Program and help Foxfire Museum Director Barry Stiles hew logs to prepare building the miniature replica Blacksmith Shop that will be featured at The Children’s Village. Pictured are Stiles; Rabun County High School students Luke Thompson, Sam Flaherty, Celton Littrell, Sean Flaherty, Brinn Justice, and Gavin Sharpe; Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School student Lily Karplus; and home-schooled student Olivia Nixon.

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Stiles builds on generations of culture at Foxfire

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Generations of history live on at Foxfire in Mountain City as the museum and heritage center captures the traditions of Southern Appalachian life over 100 years ago and shapes today’s culture.

New school year is near

News Staff
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Summer is coming to a close for local students as Rabun County Schools System will have its first day of classes at the beginning of August. Kindergarten through 12th grade will have their first day of 2023-2024 on Tuesday, Aug. 8. Pre-K’s first day will be Friday, Aug. 11.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Bradford Pear trees located near the Rabun County Public Library and Rabun County Tax Commissioner’s Office were recently cut down due to safety reasons and an expansion of the parking area. The trees are classified by the Georgia Forestry Commission as an “invasive” plant.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Bradford Pear trees located near the Rabun County Public Library and Rabun County Tax Commissioner’s Office were recently cut down due to safety reasons and an expansion of the parking area. The trees are classified by the Georgia Forestry Commission as an “invasive” plant.

County cuts non-native, invasive plants for safety

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The area around the Rabun County Public Library and Rabun County Tax Commissioner’s Office is looking a little less shady as some of the trees were cut down recently for an expansion of the parking lot and safety reasons.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Crews continue work on construction of the 750,000 gallon ground-level water storage tank located on Yorkhouse Road in Rabun Gap. It is scheduled to be completed and on line in late September-early October 2023, with a 90-day function testing period to follow.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Crews continue work on construction of the 750,000 gallon ground-level water storage tank located on Yorkhouse Road in Rabun Gap. It is scheduled to be completed and on line in late September-early October 2023, with a 90-day function testing period to follow.

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Greg Peters Water Storage Tank project continues

Megan Horn
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Construction of the 750,000 gallon ground-level water storage tank located on Yorkhouse Road in Rabun Gap continues as crews completed the pre-stressed wire and structural concrete on the exterior last week.
Photo courtesy Habersham County Public Information. Law enforcement vehicles are parked in a line on Sunday, July 16, at the crash scene in Habersham County as five people died.

Photo courtesy Habersham County Public Information. Law enforcement vehicles are parked in a line on Sunday, July 16, at the crash scene in Habersham County as five people died.

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Hwy. 365 crashes take 5 lives, injure 7 others

News Staff
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Habersham County suffered two horrific crashes over the weekend, the worst of which killed five people, including two small children. Both crashes occurred on Highway 365, which has been notorious for being one of the most dangerous highways in the region.