As a show of respect for former Mayors Steve Brett and Bob MacNair, the City of Sky Valley lowered flags to half-mast from Monday, April 14, until Sunday, April 20. These flags are pictured in front of Sky Valley City Hall.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. : A tractor trailer rests on its side on Highway 441 in Tallulah Falls on April 11 as crews attempt to clear the scene and get the vehicle upright.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley Mayor Hollie Steil is presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for supporting crews fighting the Big Ridge Fire by City Manager Jason Streetman at the April 15 council meeting. Also pictured congratulating Steil are Council Members Bruce Turner and Dan McAfee.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Attendees at Mountain Ivy Garden Club’s Celebrate Spring:A Garden Symposium second annual event hear a presentation from Adam Bigelow about “Native Plants in the Landscape.”

Photo courtesy of Tallulah Falls School. Tallulah Falls School fourth and fifth graders show off the pile of debris they collected during the clean up project.

Pictured are Byron Haire, Lead Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Southern Area Gold Incident Management Team; Brent Saulsbury, Engine Boss and PIO for the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest; Jeffrey Schardt, district fire management officer for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service; and Anthony English, Community Wildlife Defense Grant Coordinator for the Georgia Forestry Commission.