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Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The new Freedom Ministries Lighthouse, Inc. Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery is located at 5987 Highway 441, Lakemont. It is Rabun County’s first residential, substance-abuse campus strictly for women. The goal is for it to open the campus by January 2026.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. The new Freedom Ministries Lighthouse, Inc. Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery is located at 5987 Highway 441, Lakemont. It is Rabun County’s first residential, substance-abuse campus strictly for women. The goal is for it to open the campus by January 2026.

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The WOW Factor

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Local nonprofit Freedom Ministries Lighthouse, Inc. has announced an expansion of services with Women of Worth (WOW) Recovery, Rabun County’s first residential, substance-abuse campus strictly for women. “It’s finally happening,” said Ashley York, director of WOW Recovery.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Bez Rengifo, Boyd Stough, Dianne Shaver and Steve Webster are certified organizers for 1 Million Cups and speak to a group during the March 26 launch meeting at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen. The group meets at 9 a.m. weekly on Wednesdays.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Bez Rengifo, Boyd Stough, Dianne Shaver and Steve Webster are certified organizers for 1 Million Cups and speak to a group during the March 26 launch meeting at the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia Teaching Kitchen. The group meets at 9 a.m. weekly on Wednesdays.

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Northeast Georgia 1 Million Cups launches business connections

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Connections are important in the business world and entrepreneurs especially need a space where they can share ideas and support one another. Rabun County and surrounding counties now have that opportunity with the launch of Northeast Georgia 1 Million Cups.
Photo courtesy Tallulah Falls School. The blue bowls of Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas claim top prize in the Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art School.

Photo courtesy Tallulah Falls School. The blue bowls of Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas claim top prize in the Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art School.

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Blue bowls bring home blue ribbon for TFS student Dumas

News Staff
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Tallulah Falls School senior Marina Dumas of Clarkesville won first place in the High School Pottery category in the 2025 Georgia Independent School Association Virtual Art Show. Upper school art teacher Stephanie Stuefer helped Dumas prepare her artwork for entry into the contest.
Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Clayton Rotary President Sheryl Webster, Tate Colston, Emma Ivester, history teacher Nancy Almoyan, Carsyn Griffis, Emily Cai, Danny An, and Timothy Beck participate in the annual Interact Conference in Cumming, Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Clayton Rotary President Sheryl Webster, Tate Colston, Emma Ivester, history teacher Nancy Almoyan, Carsyn Griffis, Emily Cai, Danny An, and Timothy Beck participate in the annual Interact Conference in Cumming, Georgia.

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TFS Interact Club attends conference

News Staff
Thursday, April 3, 2025
The Tallulah Falls School Interact Club traveled to Cumming, Ga, for the annual Interact Conference. Each club from the northeast Georgia area shared about their service projects this year and the difference their club has made in their community. Clayton Rotary sponsors the TFS Interact Club.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Savannah Dixon is sworn in as Rabun County Probate judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Carlton H. “Hobie” Jones, III, who was recently appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn-in as a Superior Court judge. Dixon took the oath before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Savannah Dixon is sworn in as Rabun County Probate judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Carlton H. “Hobie” Jones, III, who was recently appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp and sworn-in as a Superior Court judge. Dixon took the oath before Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver.

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Dixon sworn-in as Rabun County Probate judge

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Savannah Dixon was sworn-in as Rabun County Probate judge by Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge William R. “Bill” Oliver on Wednesday, March 26, at exactly 5:01 p.m. in the main courtroom at the Rabun County Courthouse.
Submitted photo. Members of Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadershp spend time and tour Rabun’s Mathis Dam.

Submitted photo. Members of Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadershp spend time and tour Rabun’s Mathis Dam.

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Forward Rabun Youth Leadership truly ‘empowered’ with local visit

News Staff
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Forward Rabun’s Youth Leadership group concluded its final community visit of the year last week, as the group toured Rabun’s Mathis Dam and the Terrora Power Plant. Georgia Power played host to the group as Local Manager Jeremy Spradlin showered the students with the finest of hospitality.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. USDA U.S. Forest Service Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Chattooga River Ranger District personnel posted a bulletin board with fire information and map resources at Ingles in Clayton. Walmart also had a similar board.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. USDA U.S. Forest Service Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Chattooga River Ranger District personnel posted a bulletin board with fire information and map resources at Ingles in Clayton. Walmart also had a similar board.

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Crews keep battling Warwoman wildfire

Megan Horn
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Crews with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service continue battling a wildfire in the Warwoman Wildlife Management Area. The fire is located in the Chattooga River Ranger District and referred to as the “Big Ridge Fire,” according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service.
Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Josh Bleckley, Rabun County Fire Services Station 2 Captain, operates Ladder 1 for a brush fire on Clayburne Street in Clayton on March 25.

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Services use 15,000 gallons of water to contain fire

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 27, 2025
An early afternoon fire during a Red Flag Warning this week required emergency personnel to control its spread. Rabun County Fire Services Station 1 was dispatched at 12:54 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, for a brush fire on Clayburne Street at Highway 441 in Clayton.