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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Anglea Cole takes a photograph of the Rabun County school board members and her husband Steven Cole (center) after Steven Cole was officially approved as the school system’s new superintendent. Standing on the far right is retiring superintendent Dr. April Childers.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Anglea Cole takes a photograph of the Rabun County school board members and her husband Steven Cole (center) after Steven Cole was officially approved as the school system’s new superintendent. Standing on the far right is retiring superintendent Dr. April Childers.

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Cole begins Rabun County role as superintendent on Sept. 1

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, August 29, 2024
When classes commence for students and the Rabun County Schools System on Monday morning, Georgia’s most northeastern county will have not one but two superintendents at the helm. Dr. April Childers, who has announced her retirement effective Sept.

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Kingwood attorney responds to ‘preposterous’ jury verdict

Megan Horn
Monday, August 26, 2024
A Rabun County Superior Court Grand Jury recently entered a verdict finding Kingwood International Resort, LLC liable for fraud and violation of Georgia’s Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act following a week-long jury trial. Attorney George E.

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$51 million allocated for widening of Highway 441 north of Clayton

Megan Horn
Monday, August 26, 2024
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced the allocation of over $51 million from State Excess Funds for the widening of Highway 441 north of Clayton. “It is an honor to announce the allocation of over $51 million for the widening of Highway 441 north of Clayton. I thank Gov.
Photos courtesy Justin Upchurch/Rabun County Fire Services A view of the current Rabun County Fire Services Station 5 facility in Dillard with cramped quarters.Voters have an opportunity Nov. 5 to approve a SPLOST, which would allot $5.5 million for the construction of a new Station 5 to establish a more up-to-date facility that is larger and can accommodate fire and EMS personnel and apparatus.

Photos courtesy Justin Upchurch/Rabun County Fire Services A view of the current Rabun County Fire Services Station 5 facility in Dillard with cramped quarters.Voters have an opportunity Nov. 5 to approve a SPLOST, which would allot $5.5 million for the construction of a new Station 5 to establish a more up-to-date facility that is larger and can accommodate fire and EMS personnel and apparatus.

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November voters to decide on SPLOST referendum

Megan Horn
Monday, August 26, 2024
Voters will head to the ballot box on Nov. 5 to decide who will represent them on the local, state and federal levels. Also to be voted on are alcohol referendums in the City of Clayton and a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for the entire county.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The Dillard City Hall council meeting had a roomful attendance as citizens listened to David Marvin and Bryan Bullock discuss plans for the $52 million capital investment project, Dillard House Farm Resort.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The Dillard City Hall council meeting had a roomful attendance as citizens listened to David Marvin and Bryan Bullock discuss plans for the $52 million capital investment project, Dillard House Farm Resort.

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Community supports Dillard House $52 million project

Megan Horn
Monday, August 26, 2024
The sale of The Dillard House by the Dillard family to Atlanta-based Legacy Ventures is official as it closed just a few weeks ago in July. Now that Legacy Ventures, inc. has taken it over, a $52 million capital investment project for the Dillard House Farm Resort has been proposed.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. This yellow 1974 AMC Gremlin with a 258 6 cylinder engine has its original interior and is owned by Brucz Richter. It was featured at last weekend’s Rockin’ Mountain Motor Show.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. This yellow 1974 AMC Gremlin with a 258 6 cylinder engine has its original interior and is owned by Brucz Richter. It was featured at last weekend’s Rockin’ Mountain Motor Show.

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Weekend’s car show a ‘Rockin’ event

Megan Horn
Monday, August 26, 2024
The Pharoah’s Car Club Rockin’ Mountain Motor Show was a successful event on Saturday, Aug. 17, as crowds of people showed out for a “rockin’” good time and to see unique and classic vehicles from around the area.

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The Northeast Georgian editor passes away

News Staff
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Matthew Osborne, editor of The Northeast Georgian since November 2019, died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home in Cornelia. He was 47. Osborne was a professional journalist for 25 years, starting in 1999 as a sports writer at the Lake City (Fla.

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Suspended Sheriff Nichols indicted

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 15, 2024
The Rabun County Grand Jury indicted Rabun County Sheriff Chad Nichols on one count of Violation of Oath of Office, O.C.G.A. 16-10-1, a felony grade crime, on Wednesday morning, according to a press release from George R. Christian, district attorney for the Mountain Judicial Circuit.