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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Universal Joint in downtown Clayton was doing booming business on a beautiful spring day recently.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Universal Joint in downtown Clayton was doing booming business on a beautiful spring day recently.

Business increases as COVID cases drop

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 8, 2021
One year after the first reported case of COVID-19 in Rabun County, many local businesses that were hit hard by the disease are seeing big increases in customers and sales.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Monica Blalock, director of community awareness for FAITH, left, and Caroline Wallis, executive director for FAITH, bring awareness of Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Prevention month with Pinwheels in front of the Rabun County Courthouse.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Monica Blalock, director of community awareness for FAITH, left, and Caroline Wallis, executive director for FAITH, bring awareness of Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Prevention month with Pinwheels in front of the Rabun County Courthouse.

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FAITH has served 30 Rabun County victims of child abuse in past year

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 8, 2021
April is sexual assault and child abuse prevention month and Fight Abuse in the Home (FAITH) is bringining community awareness with pinwheels outside the Rabun County Courthouse.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Appalachian Trail (AT) hikers point to their trail names after signing the banner at Outdoor 76 on Tuesday. The group was being shuttled back to Dicks Creek Gap at the AT after staying overnight in Clayton. Each hiker has a unique name given to them by another hiker. Skylar Bounds (Chef), left, Nabal Camacho (Yeetnmouse), Jason Conn (70 lb Hammer), Kelsey Widener (Jingles) and Kip Beegle (Captain). Dog Telico also poses with the hikers.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Appalachian Trail (AT) hikers point to their trail names after signing the banner at Outdoor 76 on Tuesday. The group was being shuttled back to Dicks Creek Gap at the AT after staying overnight in Clayton. Each hiker has a unique name given to them by another hiker. Skylar Bounds (Chef), left, Nabal Camacho (Yeetnmouse), Jason Conn (70 lb Hammer), Kelsey Widener (Jingles) and Kip Beegle (Captain). Dog Telico also poses with the hikers.

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Trail community status sought for Clayton

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 8, 2021
CLAYTON-- Rabun County’s landscape offers many activities for the avid outdoorsman, whether it’s visiting one of the state parks or hiking the Appalachian Trail.  Dicks Creek Gap on the Appalachian Trail travels just along the Towns County and Rabun County border.
Megan Broome, The Clayton Tribune. Lauren Barnes, left, Alexis Martin and Chaner Hensley are the Class of 2021 Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Historian, respectively.

Megan Broome, The Clayton Tribune. Lauren Barnes, left, Alexis Martin and Chaner Hensley are the Class of 2021 Valedictorian, Salutatorian and Historian, respectively.

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RCHS names top scholars

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 1, 2021
TIGER-- Rabun County High School announced its top honors for the Class of 2021. Lauren Barnes is Valedictorian, Alexis Martin is Salutatorian and Chandler Hensley is Historian.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Library patron Marce Lacouture utilizes one of the new pods for a video-conferencing call on Monday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Library patron Marce Lacouture utilizes one of the new pods for a video-conferencing call on Monday.

Rabun library adds pods for video conferencing

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 1, 2021
CLAYTON-- The Rabun County Public Library installed new study pods for patrons last week.
Photos courtesy Rabun County Fire Services. No injuries were reported in a structure fire at 155 Darnell Creek Rd. in Rabun Gap Tuesday. The structure was 40 percent involved when Rabun County Fire Services responded.

Photos courtesy Rabun County Fire Services. No injuries were reported in a structure fire at 155 Darnell Creek Rd. in Rabun Gap Tuesday. The structure was 40 percent involved when Rabun County Fire Services responded.

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Fire damages Rabun Gap structure

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 1, 2021
RABUN GAP-- No injuries were reported at a structure fire at 155 Darnell Creek Rd. in Rabun Gap on Tuesday morning.  Rabun County 911 received a call for a house on fire with flames showing at approximately 11:27 a.m.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Friends and family of former Satolah Fire Department Chief Steve Wilson gathered at the Satolah Fire Station Tuesday to welcome him home after a months-long battle being hospitalized with COVID-19. Jimmy Nix stands beside the homemade sign and cheers for Wilson along with other friends and family members.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Friends and family of former Satolah Fire Department Chief Steve Wilson gathered at the Satolah Fire Station Tuesday to welcome him home after a months-long battle being hospitalized with COVID-19. Jimmy Nix stands beside the homemade sign and cheers for Wilson along with other friends and family members.

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Former fire chief home after COVID battle

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 1, 2021
SATOLAH-- The Satolah Fire Station welcomed home former Chief Steve Wilson Tuesday after his months-long battle being hospitalized with COVID-19.  "You can't describe something like that," Wilson said about how he felt with the surprise homecoming welcome.

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Former police chief pleads to lesser charge

Megan Horn
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
CLAYTON-- Former Dillard Police Chief Jeremy Welch--who currently works as a police officer for the Mountain City Police Department--pleaded guilty to one count of reckless driving and an additional count of open container at arraignment on March 17.