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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

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Food Bank volunteers help anchor Teaching Kitchen

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON-- The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia has seen many volunteers and employees come and go, but volunteers Joanne Baumgartmner, Gloria Stokes and Laura Hunter have been the rock at the teaching kitchen to help members in the community.

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Short wins Mountain Traveler cover photo competition

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
With amazing colors and mountain vistas, fall is the most popular time in the Northeast Georgia mountains – for both visitors and photographers. One of those photographers, Daniel Short, has been named winner of the cover contest for the 2020 fall edition of "The Mountain Traveler" magazine.

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Former deputies claim mistreatment

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Three former Rabun County Sheriff’s Office employees will seek damages in excess of $1 million, claiming they were wrongfully terminated or forced to resign in retaliation for reporting alleged inappropriate sexual comments made by a sheriff’s officer supervisor to the wife of another...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

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Warwoman, Chechero signs gone

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--No suspects have been identified in an investigation into the recent theft of 80 street signs located on Warwoman Rd. and in the Chechero community, according to officials. An incident of stolen street signs was first reported on Labor Day weekend.  “On Sept. 6, 2020 at approximately 6 a.

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Henry resigns as Clayton city manager

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON—Longtime Clayton City Manager Sylvia “Cissy” Henry resigned her post Monday. The surprise action followed a hastily-called two hour-plus executive session of the city council Monday morning. Henry, 53, had worked for the city since 2003.

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Water War Dispute has been dragging on for 5 years

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON—it’s been called the Water War. Rabun County and the city of Clayton have been fighting over water and sewer issues since at least 2015.  That was the year a Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) for water service expired.

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Commissioners hear zoning requests

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Building regulations and rezoning requests were topics of discussion at the Rabun County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.  Commissioner Will Nichols was not present at the meeting.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Retirees of Rabun County Schools, Judy Burch, 14 years, Becky Cross, 25 years, and Pop Wilburn, 13 years, were recognized at the September Board of Education meeting.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Retirees of Rabun County Schools, Judy Burch, 14 years, Becky Cross, 25 years, and Pop Wilburn, 13 years, were recognized at the September Board of Education meeting.

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School board votes to jump-start ESPLOST with bonds

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
TIGER-- The Rabun County Board of Education approved a motion to allow the sale of bonds with an interest rate of .82 percent in order to jump-start Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax Projects (ESPLOST), at their meeting last Thursday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institutes of Government.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institutes of Government.

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Waldroup completes his certification as public manager

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Jason Waldroup, public works director for the city of Clayton, graduated in August with a certification as a Certified Public Manager from the University of Georgia Carl Vinson Institute of Government.  “It’s a really awesome program,” Waldroup said in an interview Tuesday.