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End of Public Health Emergency Declaration

News Staff
Thursday, May 18, 2023
ATLANTA – The federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration expired at day’s end on May 11. Now that we have safe and effective vaccines, ample testing infrastructure, and most people have some level of immunity due to vaccination or infection, COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Melvin English; Greg Pruitt; Mark Nelson; Jason Waldroup and Trudy Crunkleton.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Melvin English; Greg Pruitt; Mark Nelson; Jason Waldroup and Trudy Crunkleton.

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City of Clayton plants tree for Arbor Day

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Officials from the city of Clayton work together to plant a Baldcypress tree near the covered bridge at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia in Clayton Friday, April 28 for Arbor Day. The tree is native to the area and is a great habitat for wildlife. It can grow 60-80 ft.
Submitted photo. Linda Sterrett, Brasstown Ringers director, presents a check for $1,200 raised for F.A.I.T.H. at the benefit concert in Clayton on April 29. Pictured are George James, Clayton First United Methodist Church; Linda Sterrett, Brasstown Ringers Director; Sarah Charity, F.A.I.T.H. Director; Beverly Barnett, Mountain Voices Director; and Graham Bethel, Pinnacle Brass Director.

Submitted photo. Linda Sterrett, Brasstown Ringers director, presents a check for $1,200 raised for F.A.I.T.H. at the benefit concert in Clayton on April 29. Pictured are George James, Clayton First United Methodist Church; Linda Sterrett, Brasstown Ringers Director; Sarah Charity, F.A.I.T.H. Director; Beverly Barnett, Mountain Voices Director; and Graham Bethel, Pinnacle Brass Director.

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Concerts of Caring Benefit Non-Profits

News Staff
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Brasstown Ringers spring concert season kicked off on April 29 in Clayton and April 30 in Franklin, N.C.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley Police Chief Vaughn Estes, Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue Chief Ken Sigler and firefighters analyze the crash scene on Highway 246 just past Sky Valley Overlook in Macon County, North Carolina limits Monday, May 1.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley Police Chief Vaughn Estes, Sky Valley-Scaly Mountain Volunteer Fire & Rescue Chief Ken Sigler and firefighters analyze the crash scene on Highway 246 just past Sky Valley Overlook in Macon County, North Carolina limits Monday, May 1.

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Box truck overturns on Highway 246

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 18, 2023
A box truck that was being rented to haul music equipment overturned on Highway 246 just past Sky Valley Overlook in Macon County, North Carolina, Monday, May 1. First responders were dispatched to the crash around 1:15 p.m.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Students at Rabun County Schools enjoy viewing the end-of-the-year RCMS/RCHS Art Showcase in the Fine Arts Building (FAB) Friday, May 12.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Students at Rabun County Schools enjoy viewing the end-of-the-year RCMS/RCHS Art Showcase in the Fine Arts Building (FAB) Friday, May 12.

RCMS/RCHS ‘Artist Showcase’

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Rabun County High School and Rabun County Middle School teamed up Friday, May 12, and shared the artwork of students during the “Art Showcase” which was on display in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building (FAB).
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Teresa Weiser enjoys attending the Of These Mountains Spring MarketPlace last weekend and admires the handmade works of the artisans featured at the event.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Teresa Weiser enjoys attending the Of These Mountains Spring MarketPlace last weekend and admires the handmade works of the artisans featured at the event.

The MarketPlace to be

News Staff
Thursday, May 18, 2023
The second annual Of These Mountains Spring MarketPlace returned to downtown Clayton Saturday, May 13, with crowds of people turning out to the Rabun County pavilions.

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Commissioners ‘not in the water and sewer business’

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 11, 2023
A response from the Rabun County Board of Commissioners to the city of Clayton’s letter proposing creating a panel to meet and discuss potential consolidation of water and sewer services details that the commission is “not in the water and sewer business” and defers to the Rabun County Water and...