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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dozens of people attend the Mountain City council meeting Tuesday night to ask questions and discuss the recent sudden closure of the Mountain City U.S. Post Office.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Dozens of people attend the Mountain City council meeting Tuesday night to ask questions and discuss the recent sudden closure of the Mountain City U.S. Post Office.

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Concerns pile up for Mountain City postal customers

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 16, 2023
MOUNTAIN CITY– Questions about the future of the Mountain City Post Office continue to pile up as residents are growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of information from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) after the Dotson Street office was suspended suddenly in late February.
Photo courtesy of Dee Daley. With Clayton Mayor Kurt Cannon standing in front, the room at city hall was filled at the March 2 planning and zoning meeting.

Photo courtesy of Dee Daley. With Clayton Mayor Kurt Cannon standing in front, the room at city hall was filled at the March 2 planning and zoning meeting.

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Clayton Planning and Zoning Board tables variance vote

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 9, 2023
CLAYTON – The City of Clayton Planning and Zoning Board tabled its vote on a height variance request for a parcel of land located at 0 Ginger Creek in downtown Clayton.
Photo courtesy Roger Glenn. Roger Glenn (center) stands with Lt. Col. Michael Kelvington, professor of military science, and Doug Huber, the current president of The Ohio State Army ROTC Alumni Society, at Glenn’s induction ceremony into the university’s ROTC hall of fame.

Photo courtesy Roger Glenn. Roger Glenn (center) stands with Lt. Col. Michael Kelvington, professor of military science, and Doug Huber, the current president of The Ohio State Army ROTC Alumni Society, at Glenn’s induction ceremony into the university’s ROTC hall of fame.

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Rabun County resident inducted into Ohio State Army ROTC Hall of Fame

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Rabun County resident and Col. (ret.) Roger Glenn was recently inducted into The Ohio State University Army ROTC Hall of Fame for 2023.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Fire Services deploys defensive and offensive tactics to knock down a structure fire at 338 Turpin Street in Tiger March 2. The structure was determined to be a complete loss.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Fire Services deploys defensive and offensive tactics to knock down a structure fire at 338 Turpin Street in Tiger March 2. The structure was determined to be a complete loss.

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Tiger structure fire a complete loss

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
TIGER– A structure fire in Tiger on March 2 was determined to be a complete loss after Rabun County Fire Services worked two hours and used approximately 8,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire.

Blue Ridge Activity & Tumbling Center joins Chamber

News Staff
Thursday, March 9, 2023
What a fun time everyone had on Saturday, March 4, at the Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce “Ribbon-Cutting and Open House Event” for Blue Ridge Activity & Tumbling Center and the Mountain City Playhouse, located at 186 Playhouse Drive, Mountain City.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Volunteer Tommy Thompson; Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire; and Barry Stiles, museum director, work to build the Ingram Mule Barn as the newest addition to the Children’s Village at the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center. The scaled-down village for kids, modeled after existing buildings, is being built by hand using traditional tools like those used over 100 years ago.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Volunteer Tommy Thompson; Kami Ahrens, curator and director of education for Foxfire; and Barry Stiles, museum director, work to build the Ingram Mule Barn as the newest addition to the Children’s Village at the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center. The scaled-down village for kids, modeled after existing buildings, is being built by hand using traditional tools like those used over 100 years ago.

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Foxfire Children’s Village keeps growing

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 9, 2023
MOUNTAIN CITY– Appalachian history comes to life at the Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center, while the Children’s Village is a way for children to learn and experience that history in a way where they can play and interact.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Black bags were taped on the windows of the Mountain City Post Office as the site was unable to renew its lease for March. Those with Mountain City post office boxes now must travel farther for their mail.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Black bags were taped on the windows of the Mountain City Post Office as the site was unable to renew its lease for March. Those with Mountain City post office boxes now must travel farther for their mail.

Issues ‘mount’ as post office shuttered

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
The Mountain City Post Office was suspended at the close of business Tuesday due to the non-renewal of a lease at the property where the post office is currently housed. A letter dated Feb.

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GBI makes two arrests in drug investigation

Megan Horn
Friday, March 3, 2023
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) recently made two arrests in a drug investigation after the bureau’s Cleveland Office was requested by the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) to investigate the circumstances surrounding an arrest made in December by their department.