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.

Sheriff Chad Nichols speaks to commissioners about a Peer Support Program for public safety officials at their 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.

Photo courtesy John Heinen/Project 360 Media. Lake Burton and Rabun County play key roles in a new documentary film on Georgia’s hydroelectric revolution that airs Sept. 24 on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Cherokee Friends from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Jarrett Wildcatt, Malaciah Taylor and Nola Teesateskie, give lessons on Cherokee dances to attendees of an event highlighting Cherokee history in Rabun County with folklorist Barbara Duncan at the Rabun County High School Fine Arts Building on Saturday evening. Here they are performing a Cherokee Buffalo Dance.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Mayor Green, left, and city attorney Mitch Baker listen as Heather Feldman, representative from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC), talks to city council members about GMRC’s plan to update the city of Clayton’s Charter and the Clayton city council meeting Tuesday.