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Photo courtesy Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

Photo courtesy Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

Hunter Funeral Home showcases renovations at Open House

News Staff
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Hunter Funeral Home (Mr. David Oberley & Family), a Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce Silver Business Member, held a fantastic Ribbon-Cutting & Open House for their newly renovated facility on Friday, Sept. 29. The renovations were spectacular and the attendance was great at this event!

Photo contest open for submissions for winter Lake Living magazine

News Staff
Thursday, October 19, 2023
With frost, clear skies and sparkling cold waters, winter on Northeast Georgia lakes can be stunningly beautiful. Lake Living magazine is looking for photos that represent this scenic time of year at the lake. The selected photo will be featured on the cover of the magazine’s winter 2023 edition.

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Celebrating 100 years on Main Street

News Staff
Thursday, October 19, 2023
A joyous celebration will be experienced on Sunday, Oct. 22, as the congregation of Clayton’s First United Methodist Church meets at the downtown sanctuary on Main Street to worship and praise the Lord for its 100 years of success in the heart of Clayton’s business district.

Leaf Lookers Gemboree in Franklin this weekend

News Staff
Thursday, October 19, 2023
The Franklin Gem and Mineral Society and the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce will host their Leaf Lookers Gemboree Oct. 20 through 22 at the Robert C Carpenter Community Building at 1288 Georgia Road, Franklin, NC 28734.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Jessica James-Weeks, the manager of Black Rock Mountain State Park, gazes toward the sky while wearing her special glasses to view the solar eclipse on Oct. 14. In the background, Garrett McClure and Taylor Herrington say their vows in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Jessica James-Weeks, the manager of Black Rock Mountain State Park, gazes toward the sky while wearing her special glasses to view the solar eclipse on Oct. 14. In the background, Garrett McClure and Taylor Herrington say their vows in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Solar eclipse creates some mid-day shade

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 19, 2023
While fellow Americans out West witnessed the “ring of fire” version of the Oct. 14 solar eclipse, Georgians got more of a crescent moon-look to their sun. Either way the skyward event was enlightening and educational no matter the U.S. vantage point.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune.

Queen of the Cats

Wade Cheek
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Rabun County High School senior Lucy Hood was crowned Homecoming Queen on Oct. 6 during halftime of the St. Francis football game. Lady Cat Hood is committed to play basketball at Western Carolina.

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Two indicted in murder investigation

Megan Horn
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Two men were indicted by a grand jury in Superior Court of Rabun County on Oct. 5 on offenses related to a murder investigation involving a deceased body found in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in August 2023.

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Ledford identified as victim

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 12, 2023
The Rabun County Superior Court grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the murder of a female. Keegan Cleve Plumer Phillips, III, 23 of Otto, N.C., and Robert Lee Peppers, Sr., 62 of Clayton, were indicted on multiple charges.