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Submitted Photo. Bicyclists will be rolling throughout Rabun and Habersham counties.

Submitted Photo. Bicyclists will be rolling throughout Rabun and Habersham counties.

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Twin Rivers Challenge begins Saturday morning

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Tallulah Falls School invites cyclists from across the Southeast to join the 11th annual Twin Rivers Challenge on Saturday, Oct. 25. This is a premier destination ride that combines stunning scenery with meaningful impact.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Manager Trudy Crunkleton and Mayor Roy Quilliams look in the direction of City Attorney Mitch Baker during the Oct. 14 meeting at the Clayton City Hall. The Oct. 14 meeting was the first meeting with Quilliams as the city’s new mayor.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Clayton City Manager Trudy Crunkleton and Mayor Roy Quilliams look in the direction of City Attorney Mitch Baker during the Oct. 14 meeting at the Clayton City Hall. The Oct. 14 meeting was the first meeting with Quilliams as the city’s new mayor.

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Councils change Nov. meeting times

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Veterans Day is annually observed on Nov. 11. With Nov. 11 being on the second Tuesday of the month, two city councils have voted to move their November meets dates to another day because of the nationally recognized date. The Dillard city council agreed at its Oct.

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Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace returns for fifth year Saturday, Nov. 1

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
CLAYTON – Of These Mountains will celebrate the Fifth Annual Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace in  Clayton on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event will be held at the Rabun County Pavilions in Downtown Clayton and will feature more than 100 vendors from throughout the southeast.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Eden Cullen, Suzanne Cullen and Anna Foster are happy to get the race started on a cool morning in Tiger.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Eden Cullen, Suzanne Cullen and Anna Foster are happy to get the race started on a cool morning in Tiger.

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Choices Pregnancy Center holds successful 5K

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Northeast Georgia mountains provided a cool morning for a 3.1-mile run through Tiger on Oct. 11 as participants and sponsors showed their support for the Choices Crisis Pregnancy Center.

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Voting begins for November’s General Election

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Advance voting officially opened on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Rabun County Elections Office and will offer registered voters the opportunity to cast ballots for municipal races, TSPLOST referendum, Sunday package sales and two statewide Public Service Commission seats. The Nov.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton Police Department hosted an event to get Christmas toys for underprivileged children and the Oct. 11 car show/burnout event was successful. Austin Shook’s Dodge Mega 3500 (above) was the first-ever burnout contest winner. See more on page A6.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton Police Department hosted an event to get Christmas toys for underprivileged children and the Oct. 11 car show/burnout event was successful. Austin Shook’s Dodge Mega 3500 (above) was the first-ever burnout contest winner. See more on page A6.

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Police department’s car show-burnout shows out for toys

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Clayton Police Department wanted to do something different to get more Christmas toy donations for underprivileged children this year, and the plan worked despite the Saturday show getting approved by the city council only four weeks before the event.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In the foreground, Rabun Countian Nick Alex has a conversation with individuals at the Democratic Party’s 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ in Cllayton on Oct. 11.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In the foreground, Rabun Countian Nick Alex has a conversation with individuals at the Democratic Party’s 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ in Cllayton on Oct. 11.

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Rabun County hosts annual 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
With the intent to make America’s democracy better into the future – starting with Georgia – Democrats from the state’s 9th Congressional District convened in Clayton to eat barbecue, unite and forge a path through the election process.

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Tax hike approved by Tallulah Falls

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Town of Tallulah Falls Council unanimously agreed on Oct. 9 to increase its 2025 property taxes after considering residents’ comments during three mandated public hearings about the tax hike. The bump in taxes will levy this year by 2.