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Grant allows for development of more affordable housing in Rabun

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Rabun County was recently selected as one of five counties in Georgia to receive a 2022 community housing development grant. The Georgia Initiative for Community Housing (GICH) program is administered through the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

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Tallulah Falls candidates share views ahead of election

News Staff
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the last installment of candidate responses to questions posed by The Clayton Tribune. This week’s installment focuses on candidates in the cities of Mountain City and Tallulah Falls.] Early voting for the Nov. 2 election starts Oct.

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Mountain City candidates share views ahead of election

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the last installment of candidate responses to questions posed by The Clayton Tribune. This week’s installment focuses on candidates in the cities of Mountain City and Tallulah Falls.]  Early voting for the Nov. 2 election starts Oct.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of Stekoa Creek from Stekoa Creek Park in Clayton. The park is located behind the Georgia Mountain Market and was built by the Chattooga Conservancy.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of Stekoa Creek from Stekoa Creek Park in Clayton. The park is located behind the Georgia Mountain Market and was built by the Chattooga Conservancy.

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Stekoa Creek pollution a problem for decades

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
[This is the second in a series of articles on the history of pollution in Stekoa Creek] Stekoa Creek’s pollution problem dates back to at least the late 1970s and early 1980s, according to correspondence between the United States Forest Service, interest groups and the Georgia Environmental...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Lakemont man was transported by Airlife Sept. 23 from a crash and exposure to cool temperatures following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road the prior evening. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and struck a tree before coming to an uncontrolled rest.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A Lakemont man was transported by Airlife Sept. 23 from a crash and exposure to cool temperatures following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road the prior evening. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and struck a tree before coming to an uncontrolled rest.

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Lakemont man airlifted after accident

News Staff
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
TIGER-- A Lakemont man was airlifted Sept. 23 following a one-vehicle accident on Burton Dam Road in Tiger.  “Crash time is unknown as the crash happened sometime on the evening of Sept. 22,” according to Georgia State Patrol (GSP).

Lake Living magazine seeks traditional recipes

News Staff
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Does your family have traditional holiday recipes passed down from generation to generation? Did your grandmother have a fabulous fudge or divinity recipe? Does someone in your family make homemade fruitcake every year, or does someone make traditional appetizers for holiday gatherings?
Photo courtesy of Randall Sells. From left, Michael Mason took home the ribbon for winning the Producer’s Choice Award for Best Booth at the Painted Fern Festival, hosted by the North Georgia Arts Guild and held at the Rabun County Civic Center this past weekend. Mason creates bowls and other items with his woodturning. Photographer Danny Young took home the ribbon for winning the Best of Show People’s Choice Award at the event.

Photo courtesy of Randall Sells. From left, Michael Mason took home the ribbon for winning the Producer’s Choice Award for Best Booth at the Painted Fern Festival, hosted by the North Georgia Arts Guild and held at the Rabun County Civic Center this past weekend. Mason creates bowls and other items with his woodturning. Photographer Danny Young took home the ribbon for winning the Best of Show People’s Choice Award at the event.

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Artists, craftsmen featured at Painted Fern Festival

News Staff
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
The Painted Fern Festival held this past weekend, Sept. 25 and 26 at the Rabun County Civic Center, is the premier members art show of the North Georgia Arts Guild (NGAG).  Over 35 artists and fine craftsmen were featured at this year’s show.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Greg James, chairman of the Rabun County Board of Commissioners, left, Tammy Whitmire, Rabun County elections supervisor, Darrin Giles, Rabun County administrator, and Roy Lovell, Rabun County elections board member, pose in front of the new Rabun County Board of Elections Office. The new office is at 184 S. Main St. Suite 102, Clayton (below the health department).

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Greg James, chairman of the Rabun County Board of Commissioners, left, Tammy Whitmire, Rabun County elections supervisor, Darrin Giles, Rabun County administrator, and Roy Lovell, Rabun County elections board member, pose in front of the new Rabun County Board of Elections Office. The new office is at 184 S. Main St. Suite 102, Clayton (below the health department).

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Georgia elections director tours new Rabun County Board of Elections facility

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Rabun County Board of Elections Office hosted new Georgia Elections Director Blake Evans at its new facility Tuesday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County government and the City of Clayton have been unable to settle a state-mandated Service Delivery Strategy.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County government and the City of Clayton have been unable to settle a state-mandated Service Delivery Strategy.

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Clayton, county can't agree on Service Delivery Strategy

News Staff
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Yet again Rabun County government and the City of Clayton could not come to terms on settling a state-mandated Service Delivery Strategy. The latest no-go came in a Sept. 9 letter from Darrin Giles, Rabun County administrator to Mitchell Baker, Clayton’s attorney. It was in response to an Aug.