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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The scenic overlook at the Tallulah Gorge in Tallulah Falls offers visitors quite a view. If a rails to trails project comes to fruition in Tallulah Falls and beyond, visitors will have the opportunity to see even more areas of the Northeast Georgia mountains.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The scenic overlook at the Tallulah Gorge in Tallulah Falls offers visitors quite a view. If a rails to trails project comes to fruition in Tallulah Falls and beyond, visitors will have the opportunity to see even more areas of the Northeast Georgia mountains.

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The beginning details for the rails to trails

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, April 13, 2023
The Tallulah Falls Railroad was instrumental in the late 1880s for opening up the Northeast Georgia Mountains to the outside world. The railroad summoned industry and trade to the region and allowed fortunes to be made in the capitalization of local natural resources like timber and water.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dr. Guy Gober of Tiger Clinic stands in front of his cake that reads “Happy Retirement!” during his retirement party Friday, March 31, after being in Rabun County for 33-and-a-half years.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dr. Guy Gober of Tiger Clinic stands in front of his cake that reads “Happy Retirement!” during his retirement party Friday, March 31, after being in Rabun County for 33-and-a-half years.

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Dr. Gober retires after 48 years in medical field

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
TIGER– Dr. Guy Gober has officially retired and a party held in his honor on Friday, March 31, at Tiger Clinic in Tiger was met with dozens of people who congratulated him and wished him well for the future. Gober most recently practiced as a urologist at Tiger Clinic with Dr. Stephen Jarrard.
Daniel Contrevas helps his 3-year-old daughter Amalia during the Easter egg hunt.

Daniel Contrevas helps his 3-year-old daughter Amalia during the Easter egg hunt.

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Eventful Easter

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Rabun County Recreation Department held its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, March 30. Activities began at 4:30 p.m. and the hunt began at 6 p.m. Before the hunts that were divided into three age divisions, children had the chance to participate in multiple activities. 
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tables were decorated with pictures honoring Justin Bowen’s life, candles, model classic cars with trunks filled with tootsie roll candies and lighted display bottles at the BBQ benefit.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Tables were decorated with pictures honoring Justin Bowen’s life, candles, model classic cars with trunks filled with tootsie roll candies and lighted display bottles at the BBQ benefit.

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Justin Bowen family benefit brings in a crowd to The Soda Fountain

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Soda Fountain Restaurant & Catering was packed Friday, March 31,  for a BBQ benefit event honoring the late Justin Bowen. The community showed out to support the Bowen family with food and live entertainment at the restaurant located at 102 South Main Street, Clayton.
File photo Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center recently received $4,464.71 in funding from Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc., for its picnic revitalization project, which would replace the current wooden picnic tables with metal tables that would withstand the outdoor climate for many years.

File photo Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center recently received $4,464.71 in funding from Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc., for its picnic revitalization project, which would replace the current wooden picnic tables with metal tables that would withstand the outdoor climate for many years.

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Foxfire receives over $4,400 from Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc.

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center recently received $4,464.71 in funding from Clayton Rotary Foundation, Inc. The funding from the foundation of the Rotary Club of Clayton will be used for Foxfire’s picnic table revitalization project at the museum and heritage center.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Zoning Administrator Shylan Wood speaks to commissioners during Tuesday’s work session about the zoning commission’s recommendation to approve with stipulations a rezoning request for 5 acres in Tiger from Agricultural (A) to Specific Purpose for the purpose of development of a covered storage facility. The vote by commissioners failed to pass due to lack of majority.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Zoning Administrator Shylan Wood speaks to commissioners during Tuesday’s work session about the zoning commission’s recommendation to approve with stipulations a rezoning request for 5 acres in Tiger from Agricultural (A) to Specific Purpose for the purpose of development of a covered storage facility. The vote by commissioners failed to pass due to lack of majority.

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Tiger rezoning request vote fails for lack of majority

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 30, 2023
A vote by Rabun County commissioners “failed for lack of majority vote” at Tuesday’s meeting for a rezoning request on a property located at the intersection of Davis Gap Road and Bridge Creek Road in Tiger.
Submitted photo. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s cast and crew of “Pippin” earned the Spotlight Award, and four nominations from the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards. Students will be honored April 20 at the Shuler Hensley Award Ceremony in Atlanta.

Submitted photo. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s cast and crew of “Pippin” earned the Spotlight Award, and four nominations from the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards. Students will be honored April 20 at the Shuler Hensley Award Ceremony in Atlanta.

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Rabun Gap earns state awards for ‘Pippin’ musical

News Staff
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s production of “Pippin” has been awarded as one of the top high school musicals in the state of Georgia in the Shuler Hensley Awards/Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards.