Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Poll worker Ann D’Agostino created this “vote” sign as qualifying for the May 19 General Primary Election is underway at the Rabun County Elections Office for nonpartisan and Democrat candidates, and at the courthouse for Republican candidates. Seats up for grabs locally include Magistrate Judge, Board of Commissioners and BOE.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Sky Valley City Attorney Douglas Kidd talks to council members about the proposed amendment to the Sky Valley Zoning Ordinance regarding creation and appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Council members are set to vote on the second reading during a Tuesday, March 3, special called meeting at 10 a.m.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. U.S. Forest Service officials speak to a large crowd on Feb. 18 at the Rabun County Recreation Department for the fourth annual Foothills Landscape Project Stakeholder meeting.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. Representatives from over 100 local businesses attend the Feb. 19 Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce Business Breakfast and networking event for the “ITI Digital Marketing and Event Platform Roll-Out.”

Pictured are Lanita Lloyd,The Salvation Army divisional Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) director for Georgia, left; Jonathan Jones, Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA) Area 1 Field coordinator; Brian Panell, Rabun County EMA Director; Rabun County Commissioner Kent Woerner with his dog named “New Dog;” The Salvation Army volunteers Marsha Kaufmann and Jim Kaufmann; and Cindy Puryear, The Salvation Army divisional Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) assistant director for Georgia.