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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. One bag of art supplies will be provided to each family at meal distribution on Monday, April 6. Above are the art supplies added to each bag.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. One bag of art supplies will be provided to each family at meal distribution on Monday, April 6. Above are the art supplies added to each bag.

Rabun County Schools providing art supplies with meal pickup

News Staff
Friday, April 3, 2020
TIGER-- Rabun County Schools will be handing out bags of art supplies with meal distribution on Monday, April 6.  There will be one bag per family and it includes colored pencils, crayons, markers, pencils and paper.

Georgia Shelter in Place order effective Friday, April 3 at 6 p.m.

News Staff
Thursday, April 2, 2020
Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp issued a shelter in place order for the state of Georgia. The order will be effective beginning Friday, April 3 at 6:00 p.m. and expire Monday, April 13 at 11:59 p.m.  View the executive order HERE. View the guidance and FAQs for the executive order HERE.
Sanitizing supplies

Sanitizing supplies

Noon Update: No new COVID-19 cases in Rabun County reported by state

News Staff
Thursday, April 2, 2020
The Georgia Department of Health has issued their noon update on COVID-19, and no new cases were reported. The state reported two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County on Tuesday. The website, https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report, is updated at noon and 7 p.m. daily.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune A sign in front of the Northeast Georgia Physician’s Group office in Clayton.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune A sign in front of the Northeast Georgia Physician’s Group office in Clayton.

COVID-19 confirmed

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
CLAYTON—The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed two cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County Tuesday. More than a half-dozen more tests from Rabun County are known to be awaiting results. Officials expect the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to continue to climb locally.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Greg Purcell, technology director for Rabun County Schools, hands out Chromebooks to fifth grader Nevaeh Fain and sixth grader Hanby Denning during distribution at the Board of Education Office on Tuesday. The Chromebooks will allow students to complete online learning while students are out of school due to COVID-19.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Greg Purcell, technology director for Rabun County Schools, hands out Chromebooks to fifth grader Nevaeh Fain and sixth grader Hanby Denning during distribution at the Board of Education Office on Tuesday. The Chromebooks will allow students to complete online learning while students are out of school due to COVID-19.

County schools remain closed through at least April 24

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
TIGER— Rabun County students have been doing their schoolwork from home amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and school officials say they are continuing to work hard to ensure the students have the resources they need to be successful and have meals to eat during this time. Georgia Gov.
Gov. Brian Kemp is sending more than 100 Georgia National Guard members to oversee operations at assisted-living facilities and nursing homes in the state where elderly residents have been infected with coronavirus.

Gov. Brian Kemp is sending more than 100 Georgia National Guard members to oversee operations at assisted-living facilities and nursing homes in the state where elderly residents have been infected with coronavirus.

National Guard to assist nursing homes

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Gov. Brian Kemp is sending more than 100 Georgia National Guard members to oversee operations at assisted-living facilities and nursing homes in the state where elderly residents have been infected with coronavirus.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune Fortify Pi, a restaurant located on Main Street in Clayton, had this sign posted on their window last Wednesday afternoon. The Clayton council proclaimed that businesses operating inside the city should limit the number of people in their establishments at any one time to one person per 100 square-feet of floor space, not including store employees.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune Fortify Pi, a restaurant located on Main Street in Clayton, had this sign posted on their window last Wednesday afternoon. The Clayton council proclaimed that businesses operating inside the city should limit the number of people in their establishments at any one time to one person per 100 square-feet of floor space, not including store employees.

Updates on COVID-19 closings in Rabun County

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Schools, public events and some services have been shut down or altered in Rabun County due to the COVID-19 national emergency.