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Cody English, left, Sky Valley public works employee, and Sky Valley Mayor Robert MacNair reveal Sky Valley's Fall decorations at the entrance to the city. The city has 13 hay bales that were painted by English and they stay out through the month of October.

Cody English, left, Sky Valley public works employee, and Sky Valley Mayor Robert MacNair reveal Sky Valley's Fall decorations at the entrance to the city. The city has 13 hay bales that were painted by English and they stay out through the month of October.

Sky Valley comes alive with autumn colors and decorations

Megan Horn
Friday, October 11, 2019
SKY VALLEY— It’s officially Fall and that means decorations of pumpkins and scarecrows amidst leaves turning to orange and yellow on trees. In Sky Valley, it marks the time to bring out the hay bales to decorate and display around the city.
Rabun County High School class of 2019

Rabun County High School class of 2019

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Rabun graduation rate tops 90 percent

Megan Horn
Friday, October 4, 2019
 TIGER— Rabun County High School recently announced their 2019 graduation rate of 92.7 percent, a rate that’s been over 90 percent for the past five years.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Cherie Faircloth, founding member of the Rabun Gap Chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), speaks at community discussion she organized addressing “What’s in your water?” at St. James Episcopal Church Sept. 25. The goal of the discussion was to spark community interest and action about concerns of chemicals in the drinking water supply and how they are tested for.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Cherie Faircloth, founding member of the Rabun Gap Chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL), speaks at community discussion she organized addressing “What’s in your water?” at St. James Episcopal Church Sept. 25. The goal of the discussion was to spark community interest and action about concerns of chemicals in the drinking water supply and how they are tested for.

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Drinking water is focus of community meeting

Megan Horn
Friday, October 4, 2019
 CLAYTON— The Rabun Gap Chapter of the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) presented a community discussion addressing “What’s in Your Water?” Sept. 25 at St. James Episcopal Church in Clayton.
Sheriff Chad Nichols speaks to commissioners about a Peer Support Program for public safety officials at their Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.

Sheriff Chad Nichols speaks to commissioners about a Peer Support Program for public safety officials at their Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.

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Commissioners fund peer support program to benefit public safety

Megan Horn
Friday, September 27, 2019
CLAYTON— Commissioners approved funding up to $6,740 for a new Peer Support Program that would benefit Rabun County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Medical Services, 911 and Fire Services at their regular Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Stephanie Chan, left, and Sharon Chan pick grape clusters in Tiger last Saturday to donate to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia as part of the Society of St. Andrew Harvest of Hope retreat. A group of 25 people stayed at the Pinnacle Retreat Center in Clayton for a faith-based, immersive experience into hunger.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Stephanie Chan, left, and Sharon Chan pick grape clusters in Tiger last Saturday to donate to the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia as part of the Society of St. Andrew Harvest of Hope retreat. A group of 25 people stayed at the Pinnacle Retreat Center in Clayton for a faith-based, immersive experience into hunger.

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Leftover crops help provide for needy families

Megan Horn
Friday, September 27, 2019
TIGER— It’s the time of year when farmers are harvesting their crops and tilling the land for next year. Sometimes there are leftover crops that don’t get picked and go to waste by being plowed back into the soil, or do not go on sale because they do not meet cosmetic standards for the marketplace.

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SDS talks make progress, but no resolution

Wayne Knuckles
Friday, September 27, 2019
CLAYTON—Elected officials from Rabun County and its municipalities met for about 17 hours over two days last week to mediate a settlement of a Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) that has been in dispute since 2015.

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Woman guilty of homicide for 2016 crash

News Staff
Friday, September 27, 2019
A 30-year-old Winder woman was convicted last week of two counts of Homicide by Vehicle in the 1st Degree, two counts of Homicide by Vehicle in the 2nd Degree, two counts of Serious Injury by Vehicle and Reckless Driving in connection with a 2016 car crash that left two people dead and two others...