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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.
Don Fraser/CNI News Service. Darrin Love with Edmunds GovTech explains his company’s software to Clayton City Council Tuesday.

Don Fraser/CNI News Service. Darrin Love with Edmunds GovTech explains his company’s software to Clayton City Council Tuesday.

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Clayton council approves city management software purchase

News Staff
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Following a Sept. 14 work session discussion whether to purchase new software to better manage city departments, council voted to approve the purchase at its Tuesday regular monthly meeting. The decision was not without some on council expressing concern over the cost of the software modules.

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Clayton council rolls back millage rate

News Staff
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Clayton residents will, in fact, see a change in their city taxes next year. But instead of keeping the millage rate at 8.769 mills, the current rate, Clayton City Council in a 3-2 split decision approved a tax rollback to 8.566 mills.
Photo courtesy of Conner Horn. A view of Stekoa Creek off of Rickman Airfield Road just outside of the Clayton city limits.

Photo courtesy of Conner Horn. A view of Stekoa Creek off of Rickman Airfield Road just outside of the Clayton city limits.

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Activists continue cleanup in Stekoa Creek

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
Stekoa Creek is a site to see in Rabun County for travelers passing through on Highway 441. Although parts of the Chattooga’s free-flowing waters might be enjoyed by adventure seekers, Stekoa Creek has a long history of polluting the National Wild and Scenic Chattooga River.