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Submitted photo. Carpe Diem Rotary Impact Club members were often seen serving food in the band concession stands at the Rabun County Wildcats football games this season.

Submitted photo. Carpe Diem Rotary Impact Club members were often seen serving food in the band concession stands at the Rabun County Wildcats football games this season.

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Rabun County’s Newest Superstars: Meet the Carpe Diem Rotary Impact Club

News Staff
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Move over, caped crusaders – there’s a new kind of hero in town and they’re wearing Rotary pins instead of masks. In just 15 weeks since their very first meeting, the brand-new Carpe Diem Rotary Impact Club has burst onto the scene as Rabun County’s very first Rotary Impact Club.

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Rabun BOE approves bid for campus security gates

Megan Horn
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Rabun County Board of Education (BOE) members made decisions about security during the Dec. 15 meeting held at 963 Tiger Connector, Tiger. Board members awarded the bid for new security gates on Boggs Mountain Road to Georgia Entry Solutions for the amount of $56,676.20.
File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25. This happened around the same time as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service crews battled a fire burning in the Warwoman Wildlife Management Area between Sarah’s Creek and Walnut Fork, north of Warwoman Creek in Rabun County.

File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25. This happened around the same time as United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service crews battled a fire burning in the Warwoman Wildlife Management Area between Sarah’s Creek and Walnut Fork, north of Warwoman Creek in Rabun County.

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2025 shaped by inaugural events

Megan Horn
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
The year 2025 proved to be a record year for many people and organizations. It was also met with leadership changes and new developments.
Rabun Youth Educational Support, Inc., (RabunYES), donated over $10,000 to the Summer Project Foxfire youth program. Tom Buckridge, RabunYES treasurer, had the chance to speak to program students and present the check to Foxfire Executive Director Todd Faircloth. The donation was made in honor of Buckridge’s late wife, Jean, whose passion was to help young people. Pictured are Jaden Shurtliff, left, Caden Watt, Sean Flaherty, Faircloth, Buckridge, Wyatt Arbitter, Tara Shyrock, Abby Streetman and Sunny Lin.

Rabun Youth Educational Support, Inc., (RabunYES), donated over $10,000 to the Summer Project Foxfire youth program. Tom Buckridge, RabunYES treasurer, had the chance to speak to program students and present the check to Foxfire Executive Director Todd Faircloth. The donation was made in honor of Buckridge’s late wife, Jean, whose passion was to help young people. Pictured are Jaden Shurtliff, left, Caden Watt, Sean Flaherty, Faircloth, Buckridge, Wyatt Arbitter, Tara Shyrock, Abby Streetman and Sunny Lin.

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Over $10,000 raised for Foxfire’s youth in memory of Jean Buckridge

Megan Horn
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Foxfire is dedicated to preserving the stories and skills of Appalachia. Teaching heritage skills to youth is key in keeping those traditions alive for future generations. Rabun Youth Educational Support, Inc.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Event-goers to a “Mountain City Christmas” on Thursday, Dec. 18, got the opportunity to hear caroling by First Christian Church of Mountain City.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Event-goers to a “Mountain City Christmas” on Thursday, Dec. 18, got the opportunity to hear caroling by First Christian Church of Mountain City.

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Mountain City gets into the holiday spirit

Megan Horn
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
It was truly a Mountain City Christmas on Thursday, Dec. 18, as several community businesses and members gathered together to celebrate the holiday just in time for Santa’s arrival.
Submitted photo. Representing the senior class, Charlotte Stafford lights one of the candles at the TFS Candlelight service. Class members decide on the student who best represents their class in character and intellect.

Submitted photo. Representing the senior class, Charlotte Stafford lights one of the candles at the TFS Candlelight service. Class members decide on the student who best represents their class in character and intellect.

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TFS hosts annual Christmas Candlelight Service

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Tallulah Falls, Ga. — Tallulah Falls School held its annual Christmas Candlelight Service, a beloved tradition that has special significance for the school’s boarding community and the wider campus family.
Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

Photo courtesy of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce.

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Holistic Mountain Market cuts ribbon for its new location

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Holistic Mountain Market held a Ribbon-Cutting with Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 17 at 5 p.m. for their newly renovated location at 57 West Savannah St., Clayton.
Photo courtesy of TFS. Senior Carsyn Griffis of Tallulah Falls and eighth-grader West Ridlehoover stand with President and Head of School Dr. Larry A. Peevy. Griffis was named as Upper School Outstanding Student of the Year and Ridlehoover was named as Middle School Outstanding Student of the Year.

Photo courtesy of TFS. Senior Carsyn Griffis of Tallulah Falls and eighth-grader West Ridlehoover stand with President and Head of School Dr. Larry A. Peevy. Griffis was named as Upper School Outstanding Student of the Year and Ridlehoover was named as Middle School Outstanding Student of the Year.

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TFS honors 2025 award winners; announces Christmas card and door-decorating contest winners

News Staff
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Tallulah Falls School proudly honored its outstanding students, faculty, and staff for 2025 during a special assembly held on Dec. 17. “It is a privilege to celebrate the exceptional accomplishments of our TFS community,” said President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy.