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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Elaine Lawson, absentee ballot clerk for the Rabun County Board of Elections Office, right, hands a stack of completed absentee ballots to poll worker Ann D’Agostino for processing at the Board of Elections Office Tuesday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Elaine Lawson, absentee ballot clerk for the Rabun County Board of Elections Office, right, hands a stack of completed absentee ballots to poll worker Ann D’Agostino for processing at the Board of Elections Office Tuesday.

Absentee ballot requests surge due to COVID-19

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON— The Rabun County Board of Elections Office is gearing up for the Nov. 3 election amidst the coronavirus pandemic and has received an influx of absentee ballot requests as a result.

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Events to bring attention to domestic violence problem

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the nonprofit organization Fight Abuse In The Home (FAITH) is planning events to bring attention to the problem of domestic violence locally and help combat it in our own community.
Photo from Unsplash.

Photo from Unsplash.

Jury trials can resume in Rabun County beginning in October

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Harold Melton, Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, in his Sixth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency, provides that jury trials, which have been prohibited since March 14, 2020, will be permitted to resume in October 2020.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Laura Hunter, left, Gloria Stokes and Joanne Baumgartmner are volunteers in the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen and have stayed as they'e seen three teaching kitchen managers come and go. They say their passion for food, camaraderie and the community are what inspire them to volunteer.

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Food Bank volunteers help anchor Teaching Kitchen

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
CLAYTON-- The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia has seen many volunteers and employees come and go, but volunteers Joanne Baumgartmner, Gloria Stokes and Laura Hunter have been the rock at the teaching kitchen to help members in the community.

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Short wins Mountain Traveler cover photo competition

News Staff
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
With amazing colors and mountain vistas, fall is the most popular time in the Northeast Georgia mountains – for both visitors and photographers. One of those photographers, Daniel Short, has been named winner of the cover contest for the 2020 fall edition of "The Mountain Traveler" magazine.

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Former deputies claim mistreatment

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--Three former Rabun County Sheriff’s Office employees will seek damages in excess of $1 million, claiming they were wrongfully terminated or forced to resign in retaliation for reporting alleged inappropriate sexual comments made by a sheriff’s officer supervisor to the wife of another...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Keith Yunger, sign technician for the Rabun County mapping department, replaces one of the road name signs located on Warwoman Rd. that was stolen on Labor Day weekend. A total of 80 signs were reported stolen, along with one stop sign and seven stop signs damaged. Yunger installs all of the road signs in the county.

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Warwoman, Chechero signs gone

Megan Horn
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON--No suspects have been identified in an investigation into the recent theft of 80 street signs located on Warwoman Rd. and in the Chechero community, according to officials. An incident of stolen street signs was first reported on Labor Day weekend.  “On Sept. 6, 2020 at approximately 6 a.

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Henry resigns as Clayton city manager

Wayne Knuckles
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
CLAYTON—Longtime Clayton City Manager Sylvia “Cissy” Henry resigned her post Monday. The surprise action followed a hastily-called two hour-plus executive session of the city council Monday morning. Henry, 53, had worked for the city since 2003.