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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Candidate Hobie Jones sets up his tent outside the Civic Center and greets voters as they head to the polls for the primary election on Tuesday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Candidate Hobie Jones sets up his tent outside the Civic Center and greets voters as they head to the polls for the primary election on Tuesday.

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Benfield, Jones and ESPLOST win

News Staff
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
CLAYTON— Lauren Benfield won the Republican nomination for Rabun County Tax Commissioner, Hobie Jones III won the race for Probate Judge and the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) easily passed in Tuesday’s primary election.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton Police Chief Andy Strait, left, talks with vigil organizer Sarah Gillespie before the start of Saturday's Silent March.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton Police Chief Andy Strait, left, talks with vigil organizer Sarah Gillespie before the start of Saturday's Silent March.

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Marchers pray for unity

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
CLAYTON— Communities around the country came together in recent weeks in solidarity against racism following the recent death of George Floyd in Minnesota that was captured on video and gained worldwide attention.  Rabun County followed suit with a silent march and vigil in Clayton on Saturday.
Clayton, Ga.

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Short-term rentals back on the agenda

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
 CLAYTON— The yet-to-be approved short-term rental ordinance for the city of Clayton was discussed at the council work session Tuesday, with the second reading scheduled to be voted on next week.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Peggie Wilcox, circulation clerk, left, and Melissa Poslusny, senior clerk, demonstrate checkout procedures amidst the library's new contact precautions during the soft reopening of the Rabun County Library after being closed due to COVID-19.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Peggie Wilcox, circulation clerk, left, and Melissa Poslusny, senior clerk, demonstrate checkout procedures amidst the library's new contact precautions during the soft reopening of the Rabun County Library after being closed due to COVID-19.

Rabun library is open for business

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
CLAYTON— Calling all bookworms.  The Rabun County Library is open for business and has implemented a reopening plan to keep patrons safe while browsing for books. Library hours will be Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Fridays reserved for patrons aged 60 or older.

Georgia Power to resume shutoffs in mid-July

News Staff
Friday, June 5, 2020
Georgia Power and Atlanta Gas Light are poised to resume shutting off service in July for customers who do not pay their bills following months of abstaining from disconnections during the coronavirus pandemic.
7 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Rabun County.

7 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Rabun County.

7 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Rabun County

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
CLAYTON—Seven additional cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Rabun County in the past week, bringing the total number reported by the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH) to 23. It was the biggest one-week jump in reported confirmed cases in more than a month.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Members of the Class of 2020 were honored with a parade through Clayton Tuesday. Guadalupe Mercado-Castillo is all smiles as the crowd applauds.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Members of the Class of 2020 were honored with a parade through Clayton Tuesday. Guadalupe Mercado-Castillo is all smiles as the crowd applauds.

Class of 2020 honored with parade through Clayton

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
CLAYTON— The Class of 2020 has had a senior year like no other due to the current health crisis, so Rabun County community members came together and showed their support to the seniors in a parade down Main Street in Clayton on Tuesday.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Mary Beth Hughes and granddaughter Leena Bundrick at the counter of Tallulah Point Overlook Store Monday. The longtime tourist attraction is relocating at the end of July.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Mary Beth Hughes and granddaughter Leena Bundrick at the counter of Tallulah Point Overlook Store Monday. The longtime tourist attraction is relocating at the end of July.

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Tallulah Point Overlook Store is relocating from its historic spot

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
TALLULAH FALLS—Since 1912, visitors from around the world have been stopping at Tallulah Point Lookout off old Highway 441 to admire the stunning view of the Tallulah Gorge.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Poll Worker Pat Hopper disinfects the entire voting area at the Board of Elections Office after each person finishes casting their ballot. Only one voter at a time is allowed inside the building for early voting as part of COVID-19 contact precautions.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Poll Worker Pat Hopper disinfects the entire voting area at the Board of Elections Office after each person finishes casting their ballot. Only one voter at a time is allowed inside the building for early voting as part of COVID-19 contact precautions.

Early voting for June 9 primary ends Friday

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
CLAYTON— Early voting for the June 9 presidential preference and general primary election ends on Friday.  The last day to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. Friday and it’s also the last day ballots will be mailed out, said Tammy Whitmire, elections supervisor, on Monday.