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Photo contest open for Lake Living magazine

News Staff
Thursday, May 22, 2025
With bright blue skies and cool water, there’s nothing quite like summer on one of Northeast Georgia’s beautiful lakes. Lake Living magazine is looking for photos that represent this scenic time of year at the lake.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A shell of a cicada is left on an outdoor chair near Lake Burton in Tiger.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A shell of a cicada is left on an outdoor chair near Lake Burton in Tiger.

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Are you hearing periodical cicadas in Rabun County?

News Staff
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Remember the ruckus created last spring by emergence of The Great Southern Brood of periodical cicadas? Well, another batch of cicadas, this one a 17-year brood, will be showing up soon or already have arrived.
File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kermit Rood demonstrates rope making to youngsters Archer Reinhardt, 8; and Brandt Reinhardt, 6, at last year’s Foxfire Heritage Days event.

File/Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Kermit Rood demonstrates rope making to youngsters Archer Reinhardt, 8; and Brandt Reinhardt, 6, at last year’s Foxfire Heritage Days event.

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Support Foxfire at 17th annual Heritage Days fundraiser coming June 6 and 7

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Celebrate folklife traditions and support local nonprofit Foxfire during the 17th annual Heritage Days on Friday, June 6, and Saturday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Foxfire Village Museum, 98 Foxfire Lane, Mountain City.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. During Tuesday’s council meeting, Sky Valley City Council members passed a proclamation for National Public Works Week May 18-24, 2025. Pictured are Sky Valley Public Works crew members Larry Randolph (left), Ricky McKay, Kenny Chastain, Cody English, Neal Chastain and Jerry Shope. Not pictured are Kevin Branca and Justin Henslee.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. During Tuesday’s council meeting, Sky Valley City Council members passed a proclamation for National Public Works Week May 18-24, 2025. Pictured are Sky Valley Public Works crew members Larry Randolph (left), Ricky McKay, Kenny Chastain, Cody English, Neal Chastain and Jerry Shope. Not pictured are Kevin Branca and Justin Henslee.

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Sky Valley passes proclamation for National Public Works Week

Megan Horn
Thursday, May 22, 2025
**This article has been updated since press time** National Public Works Week is May 18-24 and the City of Sky Valley formally thanked its public works crew members during the Tuesday, May 20, meeting.
Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Gage Freeman is ready for visitors to stop by and learn about Sitting Bull at the Tallulah Falls School fourth-grade wax museum. This is the second year the fourth grade has had students participate in the event.

Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Gage Freeman is ready for visitors to stop by and learn about Sitting Bull at the Tallulah Falls School fourth-grade wax museum. This is the second year the fourth grade has had students participate in the event.

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TFS fourth graders bring historical figures to life at Second Annual Wax Museum

News Staff
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Tallulah Falls School fourth-grade classes transformed the middle school lobby into a wax museum featuring characters from American history.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A parade through Rabun County honored local veterans and celebrated America on Armed Forces Day on May 17 as a convoy rolled through Dillard, Mountain City, Tiger and Clayton. Here Ishmael Santos sings on a float with Konstantina Vinson, Barbara Rice, Sharon Purdy and Sue Studstil Crosley.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A parade through Rabun County honored local veterans and celebrated America on Armed Forces Day on May 17 as a convoy rolled through Dillard, Mountain City, Tiger and Clayton. Here Ishmael Santos sings on a float with Konstantina Vinson, Barbara Rice, Sharon Purdy and Sue Studstil Crosley.

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Thursday, May 22, 2025
A parade through Rabun County honored local veterans and celebrated America on Armed Forces Day on May 17 as a convoy rolled through Dillard, Mountain City, Tiger and Clayton. Here Ishmael Santos sings on a float with Konstantina Vinson, Barbara Rice, Sharon Purdy and Sue Studstil Crosley.

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Local agency selected for state protocol

Megan Horn
Friday, May 16, 2025
Local nonprofit Fight Abuse in the Home (F.A.I.T.H.) has been selected by the State of Georgia to help develop a medical exam protocol for responding to domestic violence cases involving strangulation. The Non-Fatal Strangulation Assessment Pilot Program began on May 1 and F.A.I.T.H.
Photo courtesy Conner Horn. This tortoise, named Terry, appeared at The Horn Family home in Clayton during last weekend’s significant rainfall event.

Photo courtesy Conner Horn. This tortoise, named Terry, appeared at The Horn Family home in Clayton during last weekend’s significant rainfall event.

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County receives significant rainfall last weekend

Megan Horn
Friday, May 16, 2025
The expression goes that it’s “raining cats and dogs” outside and that certainly was the case last weekend as Rabun County received significant amounts of rainfall. The Germany Valley National Weather Service Cooperative Observation Station recorded 9.
Photo courtesy Rabun County EMS. Will Shanks (left) is Rabun County Emergency Services’ newest Nationally Registered Paramedic. Rabun County EMS/911 Director Mike Carnes congratulates Shanks and shakes his hand.

Photo courtesy Rabun County EMS. Will Shanks (left) is Rabun County Emergency Services’ newest Nationally Registered Paramedic. Rabun County EMS/911 Director Mike Carnes congratulates Shanks and shakes his hand.

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Shanks now Nationally Registered Paramedic

Megan Horn
Friday, May 16, 2025
Will Shanks with Rabun County Emergency Services is now a Nationally Registered Paramedic after recently graduating with a Paramedicine Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree from Lanier Technical College and passing the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) Paramedic...