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Lake Rabun Road closed to change culvert

The Rabun County Roads Department will shut down Lake Rabun Road by the storage units, 911 Number 323, on Monday, March 6, to change a culvert that has collapsed. The officials from the department said they “will do our best to keep traffic flowing but at some point the road will be closed.
Submitted photo. Pictured (from left) are:  FRONT ROW:  Hayden Deslich, Itzia Vasquez Ramos, Aliye Coker, Georgia “Dani” Prince, Lacie Scott and Chief Deputy Scott Cheek. BACK ROW:  Capt. Beth Darnell, Andrew Whittle, Trent Thompson, Anna Raye Darnell, Savannah Sanchez, Lucy Hood and Sean Zavala.

Submitted photo. Pictured (from left) are: FRONT ROW: Hayden Deslich, Itzia Vasquez Ramos, Aliye Coker, Georgia “Dani” Prince, Lacie Scott and Chief Deputy Scott Cheek. BACK ROW: Capt. Beth Darnell, Andrew Whittle, Trent Thompson, Anna Raye Darnell, Savannah Sanchez, Lucy Hood and Sean Zavala.

Forward Rabun Youth Leadership visits, tours Rabun County Sheriff’s Office, Detention Center

Members of Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadership Team continue to explore local career opportunities and investigate community resources. Last month the group traveled to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center for a meeting and tour.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols speaks to citizens at a Rabun County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy earlier this year. The next academy is slated for March 9-April 27 every Thursday from 6-9 p.m.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols speaks to citizens at a Rabun County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy earlier this year. The next academy is slated for March 9-April 27 every Thursday from 6-9 p.m.

Signups open for next RCSO Citizens’ Academy

The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office is offering an opportunity for citizens to get an inside look at operations of the department and a hands-on approach to interacting with law enforcement officials through the Citizens’ Academy.
Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Night with the best of the best

The Clayton Tribune hosted the top readers’ choice vote-getters in the annual Best of Rabun County contest as the community newspaper had hundreds of ballots cast in its 94 categories this year. The Feb.