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Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

MedLink Women’s Health has ‘fantastic’ ribbon cutting

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
Congratulations, MedLink Women’s Health, the Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce’s newest Silver member, on a fantastic “Ribbon Cutting and After-Hours Event” on Feb. 23 at the newest Women’s Health Center location, 563 Mountain City Road, Clayton, according to officials from Forward...
Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Night with the best of the best

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
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.

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TFS names National Merit Scholarship finalist

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
Tallulah Falls School senior Walker Bailey of Lula has been named a National Merit finalist bringing him one step closer to consideration for 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million.

Georgia River Network announces summer camp for adults and families

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
When June rolls around, do you long for the fun of the summer camp days of your youth? When you drop your child at summer camp, does the kid inside you want to stay with them? If you answered yes to either question, Georgia River Network (GRN) has teed up an event especially for you and your family.
Submitted photo. Bill and Karen Mayfield, who traveled from Minnesota to Gainesville for Bill’s robotic heart surgery, wait to be discharged from Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) on Feb. 9, 2023 – just two days after Bill’s procedure. Bill was the first patient to ever receive robotic heart surgery at NGMC.

Submitted photo. Bill and Karen Mayfield, who traveled from Minnesota to Gainesville for Bill’s robotic heart surgery, wait to be discharged from Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) on Feb. 9, 2023 – just two days after Bill’s procedure. Bill was the first patient to ever receive robotic heart surgery at NGMC.

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Man travels from Minnesota to be first patient for Georgia Heart Institute’s robotic heart surgery

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Friday, March 3, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Heart surgeries that used to require long incisions and months of recovery can now be performed in Gainesville through tiny 8-millimeter incisions – about the diameter of an ink pen – with much faster recovery times.