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COVID-19 update

COVID-19 update

GDPH now confirming 8 COVID-19 cases in Rabun County

News Staff
Monday, April 20, 2020
The Georgia Department of Health has issued their 7 p.m. update on COVID-19. One new case was reported in Rabun County.  The state has reported eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rabun County as of Monday, April 20.   No confirmed deaths have been reported for Rabun County.
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Rabun County Schools April Food Distribution Menu

News Staff
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Rabun County Schools released its April menu for food distribution.  These meals are provided at NO COST to all children ages 2-18, regardless of income. Children MUST be present to pick up meals, but they do not have to be Rabun County students.
Photo Courtesy Jenna Valsvil

Photo Courtesy Jenna Valsvil

Challenge Accepted

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
CLAYTON—When a small group of Lake Burton families issued a challenge to the community last week, they were hoping to raise as much as $100,00 for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia.  The goal was not only met, it was smashed.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.Rabun County High School’s top three students stand by the large bell on the football field that is rung at graduation each year. Mason Sprinkle, left, is Historian, Will Hightower is Salutatorian and Ali Ramey is Valedictorian for the 2019-2020 academic year.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune.Rabun County High School’s top three students stand by the large bell on the football field that is rung at graduation each year. Mason Sprinkle, left, is Historian, Will Hightower is Salutatorian and Ali Ramey is Valedictorian for the 2019-2020 academic year.

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RCHS names top students for 2019-2020

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
TIGER— Rabun County High School recently announced their top 3 students for the 2019-2020 school year.

Freeman completes firefighter training

News Staff
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Rabun County Fire Services recently announced that Dalton Freeman (Center) has graduated from the Basic Firefighter program at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Ga.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton City Council broadcast their Tuesday meeting live on social media as they continue to ask the public not to attend due to the current health emergency.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton City Council broadcast their Tuesday meeting live on social media as they continue to ask the public not to attend due to the current health emergency.

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Clayton council tables short-term rentals ordinance

Megan Horn
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
CLAYTON— Clayton City Council members discussed tabling the second reading of the short-term rental ordinance and debated the master meter at the Rabun County golf course in Tiger at their work session on Tuesday.
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Rabun County residents recall 1918 flu epidemic

News Staff
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Back in January, my co-host on the It Still Lives Foxfire podcast, Kami Ahrens, and I thought it relevant to focus our January episode on interviews from Foxfire’s archive about the local response to the 1918 Flu Epidemic.