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UNG cadet Stover named a ‘Distinguished Military Student’

News Staff
Thursday, November 10, 2022
DAHLONEGA, GA -- Sixteen University of North Georgia (UNG) cadets have been named Distinguished Military Students (DMS) for the 2022-23 academic year. They were honored at the Sept. 25 DMS Review on the Gen. William “Lipp” Livsey Drill Field on UNG’s Dahlonega Campus.

‘Grand Day’ returns at TFS

News Staff
Thursday, November 10, 2022
A favorite tradition for the Tallulah Falls School middle school community returned on Oct. 7 with special guests in attendance for “Grand Day.” Students invited grandparents, grand friends or other influential people to join them for a peek into the middle school experience.
Submitted photos. From left, Allison Fish & Peaches; Carmen Rose & Loki; Mary Simonson with Sally & Blue; Bettina Justice & Hank; Holly Williamson & Lula; and Colton and Danielle Shetters with Oakey take a moment at the Rabun County Bark Park on Oct. 8 at the Shade-OutDM event.

Submitted photos. From left, Allison Fish & Peaches; Carmen Rose & Loki; Mary Simonson with Sally & Blue; Bettina Justice & Hank; Holly Williamson & Lula; and Colton and Danielle Shetters with Oakey take a moment at the Rabun County Bark Park on Oct. 8 at the Shade-OutDM event.

Annual ShadeOutDM event hosted by GenSol Diagnostics at Rabun County Bark Park

News Staff
Thursday, November 10, 2022
GenSol Diagnostics, a local animal genetics company, hosted their second annual ShadeOutDM - Race At Your Own Pace event at the Rabun County Bark Park on Saturday, Oct. 8. The ShadeOutDM Foundation was created to help raise awareness of Degenerative Myelopathy (DM).
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Candidates for Magistrate Judge James Blalock and Kyle Shook shake hands outside the Rabun County Board of Elections Office Tuesday evening as they await election results. Also pictured is Sonya Shook.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Candidates for Magistrate Judge James Blalock and Kyle Shook shake hands outside the Rabun County Board of Elections Office Tuesday evening as they await election results. Also pictured is Sonya Shook.

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Blalock defeats write-in candidate Shook

Megan Horn
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Rabun County saw a high turnout for the Nov. 8 General Election as candidates were on the ballot for national, state and local elections. Locally James V.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Hundreds have followed the signs outside the Rabun County Board of Elections office to vote early before the Nov. 8 election.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Hundreds have followed the signs outside the Rabun County Board of Elections office to vote early before the Nov. 8 election.

Early voting continues to witness high turnout ahead of election day

Megan Horn
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
The Rabun County Board of Elections continues seeing a large turnout at the polls as voters have been casting their ballots during early voting since it opened Oct. 17. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8, and the polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Submitted photo. Sierra Boggess, a Broadway actress, and her sister Allegra, a Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School director of orchestra programs, will run in the New York City Marathon Sunday to raise awareness for cancer.

Submitted photo. Sierra Boggess, a Broadway actress, and her sister Allegra, a Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School director of orchestra programs, will run in the New York City Marathon Sunday to raise awareness for cancer.

In-tune sisters to tap their shoes for 26 miles for cancer awareness

Luke Morey
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
A local Rabun Gap teacher will be joined by her sibling and tens of thousands of other runners in the Sunday, Nov. 6 New York City Marathon as the musically inclined sisters raise awareness for cancer.