Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Fire Services recently held live fire training at their Station 4-Lakemont Wiley Training Facility. Station 4 Captain John Murray prepares the training with a simulated controlled burn that exposes firefighters to what conditions are like when responding to a structure fire.

Photo courtesy of Georgia DNR. Several agencies performed a recovery operation on a Brookhaven, Ga., man who was recovered from the bottom of Tallulah Gorge on Oct. 30. Agencies participating in the search and recovery efforts included Rabun County Emergency Medical Services; DNR Law Enforcement; DNR Parks; Georgia Emergency Management Agency; Rabun County Sheriff’s Office; Rabun County Search and Rescue and Habersham Search and Rescue.

Photo courtesy of Conner Horn. A 5-year-old boy and 29-year-old Alto woman died Oct. 29 in an accident at Ga. 365 and Mt. Zion Road in Habersham County.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. RCPS Principal Jay Fowler, left, Laura Welborn, Gretchen Grant, RCES Jonathan Welch, Candace Mathis, RCMS Principal Kechara Partin, Alicia McCracken, Shelley Drummond, and RCHS Principal Justin Spillers.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Back row: Scott Poss, REACH community partner, superintendent April Childers, Victor Anderson, Georgia State House of Representatives, RCMS principal Kechara Partin, assistant superintendents Kelly McKay and Matt Remillard. Front row: Bobby “Zach” Gordon, left, Vivian Fisher, Sofia Luna Lopez, Alyssa Stancil, and Clayton Scott.