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Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members attended a public forum hosted by Rabun County Commissioners Scott Crane and Kent Woerner to gauge opinion and share information about HB 581.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Community members attended a public forum hosted by Rabun County Commissioners Scott Crane and Kent Woerner to gauge opinion and share information about HB 581.

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Commissioners talk to community about HB 581

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Community members had the opportunity to express their views about HB 581 at a public forum on Jan. 30 hosted by Rabun County Commissioners Scott Crane and Kent Woerner.
Submitted. Brenda Nash, founder and CEO of Habitat for Hounds, poses with a dog that was provided a free dog house by the nonprofit. Since 2010, over 375 dog houses have been distributed.

Submitted. Brenda Nash, founder and CEO of Habitat for Hounds, poses with a dog that was provided a free dog house by the nonprofit. Since 2010, over 375 dog houses have been distributed.

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Habitat for Hounds provides shelter for man’s best friend

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 6, 2025
It is said that dogs are man’s best friend. So it’s important to make sure the canines have the resources they need to thrive. The 501(c)3 nonprofit Habitat for Hounds is dedicated to that mission of providing dogs with adequate shelter to better their lives at no cost to the owner.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. F.A.I.T.H.’s Furniture and More Store is now open after three weeks of renovations. It is located at 404 S. Main Street in Clayton. Pictured at the store on reopening day, Feb. 3, are Dena Crane, director of thrift stores; Mickey Battista, volunteer; Kay Wilkerson, staff member; Tristian Hooper, staff member; Nate Parker, staff member; and Brooke Cannon, CFO.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. F.A.I.T.H.’s Furniture and More Store is now open after three weeks of renovations. It is located at 404 S. Main Street in Clayton. Pictured at the store on reopening day, Feb. 3, are Dena Crane, director of thrift stores; Mickey Battista, volunteer; Kay Wilkerson, staff member; Tristian Hooper, staff member; Nate Parker, staff member; and Brooke Cannon, CFO.

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F.A.I.T.H. Furniture and More Store now open after renovation

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Visit the local nonprofit Fight Abuse in the Home (F.A.I.T.H.) at its Furniture and More Store in Clayton to furnish your home and also help its mission of providing free and confidential services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and human trafficking.

Dahlonega Literary Festival 2025 celebrates 20th anniversary

News Staff
Thursday, February 6, 2025
The Dahlonega Literary Festival (DLF) celebrates its 20th anniversary Saturday, March 1, with a variety of events and authors appealing to fans of fiction and non-fiction. Twenty authors are featured including former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal who will be the luncheon speaker.
Photo courtesy of Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman. Stockton & Stockton, LLC Attorney Allyn Stockton (left); Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman; and Superior Court Judge Russell “Rusty” Smith are pictured at a high school graduation party for Rickman’s son.

Photo courtesy of Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman. Stockton & Stockton, LLC Attorney Allyn Stockton (left); Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Brian Rickman; and Superior Court Judge Russell “Rusty” Smith are pictured at a high school graduation party for Rickman’s son.

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Judge Smith remembered as humble & fair man who always tried to do the right thing

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Superior Court Judge Russell “Rusty” Smith of the Mountain Judicial Circuit is remembered by friends and colleagues as a humble and fair man who always tried to do the right thing. The Hon.

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Mountain Judicial Circuit Judge Smith passes away

News Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Superior Court Judge Russell “Rusty” Smith of the Mountain Judicial Circuit passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Rabun County Probate Judge Carlton H. Jones, III confirmed Smith’s passing to The Clayton Tribune Wednesday morning.

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Georgia-Carolina Rabun County radio stations to relocate Jan. 31

News Staff
Thursday, January 30, 2025
(TOCCOA, GA) Georgia-Carolina Radiocasting Companies, owner and operators of several radio stations in northeast Georgia, upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina, including Clayton’s WRBN-96.3 FM and Real Country 100.3 FM has announced the two Rabun County stations will end operations on...