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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jacob Reynolds, left, and Payton Hunter with Hunter Electric install LED lights at the Rabun County Library. Frick said that this new lighting will be more energy-efficient.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Jacob Reynolds, left, and Payton Hunter with Hunter Electric install LED lights at the Rabun County Library. Frick said that this new lighting will be more energy-efficient.

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Library to reopen March 1 following renovations

Megan Horn
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Rabun County Public Library is getting an overhaul with extensive renovations on the entire facility.  Construction began last week and the library is expected to reopen on March 1, said Library Manager Caroline Frick. Tom Adams is the general contractor for the project.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Commissioners Kent Woerner, Greg James and Tom Garrison at Tuesday's meeting.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County Commissioners Kent Woerner, Greg James and Tom Garrison at Tuesday's meeting.

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County buys land for future wastewater plant

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
CLAYTON-- Rabun County Commissioners approved the purchase of 23 acres of land with plans of expanding the wastewater treatment plant to that location in the future.  The decision was voted on unanimously after a closed session following Tuesday’s meeting.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Karen Bacon, left, and Cassandra Clouser were named to leadership positions on the Clayton Downtown Development Authority at their first meeting of the year Tuesday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Karen Bacon, left, and Cassandra Clouser were named to leadership positions on the Clayton Downtown Development Authority at their first meeting of the year Tuesday.

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New leadership at Clayton DDA

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Clayton Downtown Development Authority elected Cassandra Clouser as Chairperson and  Karen Bacon as Vice chairperson at their meeting on Tuesday.  Clouser succeeds Pepper Kelly as Chairperson.

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Local conservation group challenges Forest Service rule

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Chattooga Conservancy, a grassroots conservation organization, and other organizations have joined in a lawsuit, filed on January 8, challenging a rule that the National Forest Service finalized in November which will amend National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations and limit public...

COVID spread slows locally in past week

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
The rate of spread for COVID-19 in Rabun County dropped considerably in the last week, according to data released Tuesday by the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH). The percentage of COVID-19 tests returning a positive result dropped to 8.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Curtis Haban, left, was named Rabun County Board of Education vice-chairman and Steve Cabe was reappointed Chairman of the Board last week.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Curtis Haban, left, was named Rabun County Board of Education vice-chairman and Steve Cabe was reappointed Chairman of the Board last week.

Rabun students can now have Chromebooks repaired touch-free

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
TIGER-- Rabun County Schools has installed new Chromebook lockers where students can have their school devices repaired touch-free.  Greg Purcell, technology director for Rabun County Schools, discussed the devices at the Board of Education meeting last Thursday.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Trisha Jones, RN, left, at Medlink gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Melissa Evans last Friday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Trisha Jones, RN, left, at Medlink gives a COVID-19 vaccination to Melissa Evans last Friday.

Medlink offering COVID-19 vaccinations

Megan Horn
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
CLAYTON-- Medlink Georgia in Clayton has set up a vaccination clinic to help a large number of people in the community get vaccinated.  Sherrie Stone, director of operations, said that the clinic in Rabun County is only happening at the 896 Highway 441 S. location in Clayton.
Beau Evans/Capitol Beat News Service. Gov. Brian Kemp (right) and First Lady Marty Kemp (left) led a roundtable meeting on human trafficking in Atlanta on Sept. 30, 2020.

Beau Evans/Capitol Beat News Service. Gov. Brian Kemp (right) and First Lady Marty Kemp (left) led a roundtable meeting on human trafficking in Atlanta on Sept. 30, 2020.

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Lawmakers prepare human trafficking legislation

News Staff
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
State lawmakers plan to bring new legislation aimed at helping victims of human trafficking in Georgia recover from abuse and protect their identities, Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp announced Monday.