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Early voting starts Monday for Primary

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Seats in federal, state and local offices are up for grabs in the May 19 General Primary and Nonpartisan General Election. The ballots also include State Republican Party and State Democratic Party questions. Advance voting starts Monday, April 27, and continues through Friday, May 15.

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Alex of Clayton seeks votes

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Nick Alex may be a newcomer in the political arena, but that has not hindered him in raising more funding than his Democratic Party predecessors to become the congressman of the Ninth District.

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Gainesville mayor seeks nomination

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Sam Couvillon would not have run for Congress if Doug Collins was still in the District 9 seat.He is one of three Republicans on the primary ballot for the seat.Couvillon most recently served as mayor of Gainesville for four years, and prior to that served eight years on Gainesville’s city council.

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Poole bids to represent the GOP

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Ask Hall County Commissioner Gregg Poole why he’s running for the Ninth District congressional seat, and he’ll tell you plainly: God has called him to do so.“I feel like this is exactly what the Lord wants me to do right now more than anything in my life,” Poole said. “I’m stuck.

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Suwanee resident gets message out

Thursday, April 23, 2026
Suwanee resident Caitlyn Gegen is running for Congress in Georgia’s 9th district in a bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Andrew Clyde.She decided to run after the recent killings of Renee Nicole Macklin Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti by Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year.“[Those...
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Allyson Aldrich, scholarship committee member; Christy Walden from Habersham Central High School, recipient of the Carolyn Hill Memorial Scholarship; Kendall Weisser from Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, recipient of the Paula Van Huss Memorial Scholarship; Maria Valentina Aria Camargo from Tallulah Falls School, recipient the Celia Durand Memorial Scholarship; and Scholarship Committee Member Dietricht Hoecht. Not pictured is Scholarship Committee Chair Helen Rogers.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Pictured are Allyson Aldrich, scholarship committee member; Christy Walden from Habersham Central High School, recipient of the Carolyn Hill Memorial Scholarship; Kendall Weisser from Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, recipient of the Paula Van Huss Memorial Scholarship; Maria Valentina Aria Camargo from Tallulah Falls School, recipient the Celia Durand Memorial Scholarship; and Scholarship Committee Member Dietricht Hoecht. Not pictured is Scholarship Committee Chair Helen Rogers.

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Strokes of Genius

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 23, 2026
The North Georgia Arts Guild (NGAG) recognized talented seniors for their creative works of art during the April 16 scholarship awards ceremony. The ceremony was held prior to the monthly members meeting in the Fellowship Hall at Clayton First United Methodist Church.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mud Creek Falls and the Mud Creek Trail will no longer be accessible to the public effective May 8. Merrill Trust Group, who owns more than 500 acres of property in Sky Valley, sent notice to city officials it was terminating its leases.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Mud Creek Falls and the Mud Creek Trail will no longer be accessible to the public effective May 8. Merrill Trust Group, who owns more than 500 acres of property in Sky Valley, sent notice to city officials it was terminating its leases.

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Property owners plan to sell 500 acres

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Officials with the Merrill Trust Entities said the company and Sky Valley have been good partners, but were disappointed how the sewage system project was halted.“Sky Valley is such a beautiful community and has so much potential,” Marshall Merrill Jr. of the Merrill Trust Entities told The Clayton...