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Council considers reclaiming Wilson Alley parking lot

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
CLAYTON—Clayton City Council members discussed on Tuesday the possibility of reclaiming ownership of the Wilson Alley parking lot, after learning the Downtown Development Authority has dropped plans to hold a lottery for the 13 paid-parking spaces located there.

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Dillard to partner with Forward Rabun

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
DILLARD— The city of Dillard voted to distribute their hotel/motel tax between the Dillard Tourism Development Authority and Forward Rabun at their city council meeting on Tuesday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.Shannon Robinson stands beside the “Blessing Box” stocked with canned food items and other foods like peanut butter, canned fruit, rice, cereal, beans and other essential items available for free to anyone in need.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.Shannon Robinson stands beside the “Blessing Box” stocked with canned food items and other foods like peanut butter, canned fruit, rice, cereal, beans and other essential items available for free to anyone in need.

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"Blessing Box" meant to be a blessing to the community, Robinson says

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
CLAYTON— There are many reasons to count your blessings, and they come in many shapes and sizes and in many different ways. In Rabun County, many of those blessings will come to people from a brown wooden box that holds food items and other essentials for anyone in need.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Caroline Frick, library manager, sits atone of the three computers designated for use to complete the 2020 Census. The computers were purchased by the United States Census Bureau and will be donated to the library once the count is completed.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Caroline Frick, library manager, sits atone of the three computers designated for use to complete the 2020 Census. The computers were purchased by the United States Census Bureau and will be donated to the library once the count is completed.

Library receives computers to aid with 2020 national census count

Megan Horn
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
CLAYTON— The Rabun County Library now has three additional computers where residents can complete the 2020 United States Census. The census is counted every 10 years and every resident is given one to complete.
A Tallulah Falls Railroad freight train crossing one of 42 wooden trestles on the line's 58-mile route from Cornelia, Ga. to Franklin, N.C. in 1940.

A Tallulah Falls Railroad freight train crossing one of 42 wooden trestles on the line's 58-mile route from Cornelia, Ga. to Franklin, N.C. in 1940.

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Historical Society partners with RGNS to display collection

News Staff
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Clayton, GA—June 4, 2020—The Rabun County Historical Society announced that it has formed a partnership with the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School through which an extensive collection of Tallulah Falls Railroad (TFRR) artifacts will be displayed on a permanent basis in the Society’s downtown Clayton...
Submitted photo. Habitat requires "sweat equity" of each of their homeowners. Allison and Daniel's family have all joined in to help. From left to right: Kay Burrell, Daniel's mother, Daniel NIcholson, Jerry McFalls, Allison's father, Allison, and Allison's mother, Vicky McFalls.

Submitted photo. Habitat requires "sweat equity" of each of their homeowners. Allison and Daniel's family have all joined in to help. From left to right: Kay Burrell, Daniel's mother, Daniel NIcholson, Jerry McFalls, Allison's father, Allison, and Allison's mother, Vicky McFalls.

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Habitat helps provide shelter for Rabun County family

News Staff
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Meet Allison McFalls, a young woman, a native of Rabun County, and a graduate of Rabun County High School, who was diagnosed with a brain cyst when she was 17. This led to numerous surgeries over the next six years; in the end, she was left in a wheelchair.
COVID-19 Update

COVID-19 Update

Local COVID-19 cases continue to climb

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
CLAYTON—The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Rabun County stood at 33 as of Wednesday morning, an increase of 10 cases since June 4, according to the Georgia Dept. of Public Health (GDPH). An additional death due to COVID-19 was also confirmed in Rabun in the past week.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Ed Henderson, left, secretary of the Rabun County Republican Party, talks with Dillard Police Chief Jeremy Parker Saturday morning.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Ed Henderson, left, secretary of the Rabun County Republican Party, talks with Dillard Police Chief Jeremy Parker Saturday morning.

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Rabun Republicans rally before primary

Wayne Knuckles
Thursday, June 11, 2020
DILLARD—Rabun County Republicans held an old-fashioned political rally on the grounds of Dillard City Hall Saturday, with candidates from across North Georgia meeting with voters and supporters ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.
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.