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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Matt Delph shows fellow featured speaker Jessica Jones a video of one of his research expeditions during the Georgia Bigfoot Conference & North Georgia Comicon on March 21 at Big Shoals Junction in Tiger. The conference returned to Rabun County after being in Mt. Airy, Ga., last year.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Matt Delph shows fellow featured speaker Jessica Jones a video of one of his research expeditions during the Georgia Bigfoot Conference & North Georgia Comicon on March 21 at Big Shoals Junction in Tiger. The conference returned to Rabun County after being in Mt. Airy, Ga., last year.

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Conference once again BIG deal for Rabun

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Georgia’s neighboring states to the north throughout history have been hotbeds for Bigfoot activity and Northeast Georgia itself may be the most sizzling. After a stint in Mount Airy, Ga.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Winners of this year’s bicycles at the April 2 annual Rabun County Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt are 10-year-old Maleigha Beck (sitting on bike) and Karlos Luka, 4, who is giving a hearty thumbs up. Standing next to Beck is happy friend Anna Frederickson.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Winners of this year’s bicycles at the April 2 annual Rabun County Recreation Department Easter Egg Hunt are 10-year-old Maleigha Beck (sitting on bike) and Karlos Luka, 4, who is giving a hearty thumbs up. Standing next to Beck is happy friend Anna Frederickson.

EGG-cellent afternoon

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The Rabun County Recreation Department held its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 2 with many community members participating. 

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Council votes to fund $65,900 for walking path

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 9, 2026
City of Clayton council members voted to fund approximately $65,900 for a walking path that starts at city hall in Phase I of a multi-faceted trail system as the funds will come from hotel/motel restricted funds.

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Adopt, donate to Rabun Paws 4 Life

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 9, 2026
The mission of Rabun Paws 4 Life is to make a positive difference in Rabun County by providing a no-kill animal control and shelter to care for and protect animals from abuse, neglect and abandonment. Rabun Paws 4 Life is a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation located at 261 East Boen Creek Road, Tiger.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Blue pinwheels can be seen spinning at Chick-fil-A Clayton. Each pinwheel represents a child in Rabun County who was helped by local nonprofit Fight Abuse In The Home (F.A.I.T.H.) last year. F.A.I.T.H. provided services to 204 children in Rabun County in 2025. Pinwheels can also be seen at the Rabun County Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Blue pinwheels can be seen spinning at Chick-fil-A Clayton. Each pinwheel represents a child in Rabun County who was helped by local nonprofit Fight Abuse In The Home (F.A.I.T.H.) last year. F.A.I.T.H. provided services to 204 children in Rabun County in 2025. Pinwheels can also be seen at the Rabun County Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

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Wear blue for ‘Child Abuse Prevention Month’

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 9, 2026
It takes a community working together to stop abuse and end sexual assault. The month of April gives great opportunities to bring awareness to problems that impact every community through Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Upkeep of the Clayton Cemetery, located on South Church Street in downtown Clayton, is made possible by volunteers and donations are needed to continue maintaining it.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Upkeep of the Clayton Cemetery, located on South Church Street in downtown Clayton, is made possible by volunteers and donations are needed to continue maintaining it.

Support the upkeep of Clayton Cemetery

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Rabun County is home to a rich history that dates back generations since its incorporation in 1819. Historic cemeteries tell important stories of those family legacies. Located in downtown Clayton on South Church Street is the Clayton Cemetery. It is owned by the nonprofit Clayton Cemetery, Inc.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members celebrate and show support on March 31 to the nonprofit Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery as the ribbon is cut on the first residential substance-abuse recovery center in Rabun County. Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration. It is located at 5989 Highway 441, Lakemont, and can be reached by telephone by contacting 706-782-9761.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members celebrate and show support on March 31 to the nonprofit Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery as the ribbon is cut on the first residential substance-abuse recovery center in Rabun County. Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon cutting and grand opening celebration. It is located at 5989 Highway 441, Lakemont, and can be reached by telephone by contacting 706-782-9761.

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WOW! That’s a grand celebration!

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Community members showed out to celebrate the grand opening of the Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery dorm on Tuesday, March 31. Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce held an official ribbon cutting and open house event among community partners, public officials and supporters of the mission.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley City Manager Jason Streetman, far right, reads aloud two city resolutions to rescind combined $5 million from two separate grants during the March 26 special called council meeting.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley City Manager Jason Streetman, far right, reads aloud two city resolutions to rescind combined $5 million from two separate grants during the March 26 special called council meeting.

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Sky Valley rescinds $5 million in grant funding

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Sky Valley city council members officially voted to rescind combined $5 million in grant funding from two different grants for the municipality’s proposed sewer project. The decision came in a 3-1 vote by council members during the March 26 special called council meeting.