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Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Photos by The Clayton Tribune staff.

Night with the best of the best

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
The Clayton Tribune hosted the top readers’ choice vote-getters in the annual Best of Rabun County contest as the community newspaper had hundreds of ballots cast in its 94 categories this year. The Feb.

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TFS names National Merit Scholarship finalist

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
Tallulah Falls School senior Walker Bailey of Lula has been named a National Merit finalist bringing him one step closer to consideration for 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million.

Georgia River Network announces summer camp for adults and families

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
When June rolls around, do you long for the fun of the summer camp days of your youth? When you drop your child at summer camp, does the kid inside you want to stay with them? If you answered yes to either question, Georgia River Network (GRN) has teed up an event especially for you and your family.
Submitted photo. Bill and Karen Mayfield, who traveled from Minnesota to Gainesville for Bill’s robotic heart surgery, wait to be discharged from Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) on Feb. 9, 2023 – just two days after Bill’s procedure. Bill was the first patient to ever receive robotic heart surgery at NGMC.

Submitted photo. Bill and Karen Mayfield, who traveled from Minnesota to Gainesville for Bill’s robotic heart surgery, wait to be discharged from Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) on Feb. 9, 2023 – just two days after Bill’s procedure. Bill was the first patient to ever receive robotic heart surgery at NGMC.

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Man travels from Minnesota to be first patient for Georgia Heart Institute’s robotic heart surgery

News Staff
Friday, March 3, 2023
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – Heart surgeries that used to require long incisions and months of recovery can now be performed in Gainesville through tiny 8-millimeter incisions – about the diameter of an ink pen – with much faster recovery times.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Elections and Voter Registration Director Tammy Whitmire was awarded the 2023 Ann Hicks Award recognizing outstanding accomplishments in elections administration. The award is presented to one individual out of Georgia’s 159 counties each year.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Elections and Voter Registration Director Tammy Whitmire was awarded the 2023 Ann Hicks Award recognizing outstanding accomplishments in elections administration. The award is presented to one individual out of Georgia’s 159 counties each year.

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Secretary of State bestows Rabun’s Whitmire with top elections award

Megan Horn
Friday, March 3, 2023
Rabun County Elections and Voter Registration Director Tammy Whitmire has been recognized by the State of Georgia for excellence in Georgia voter registration with a top elections award.

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TFS eighth graders excel in Spelling Bee

News Staff
Thursday, February 23, 2023
Tallulah Falls School eihth graders Josh Lander of Lula and Morgan Ward of Alto made a remarkable achievement by dominating grade-level and school-wide spelling bee competitions last semester.