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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A helicopter lands on Georgia 15 at Seed Tick Road in Clayton Oct. 21 and emergency personnel work the scene following a crash involving a vehicle and motorcycle.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. A helicopter lands on Georgia 15 at Seed Tick Road in Clayton Oct. 21 and emergency personnel work the scene following a crash involving a vehicle and motorcycle.

Victims hospitalized from crash involving motorcycle

An Anderson, Ala., man was life flighted and another was seriously injured in a crash involving a motorcycle on Georgia 15 at Seed Tick Road in Clayton Oct. 21.
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. The RCHS 2022 Homecoming Queen Rainny Patterson (center) poses with Principal Justin Spillers and 2021 Homecoming Queen Janice Steill at halftime.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. The RCHS 2022 Homecoming Queen Rainny Patterson (center) poses with Principal Justin Spillers and 2021 Homecoming Queen Janice Steill at halftime.

RCHS 2022 Homecoming Queen

Rainny Patterson was crowned RCHS 2022 Homecoming Queen on Friday, Oct. 21. 
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Homecoming Queen Cheney Moriarty and King Zeke Coghill pose with Head of School Jeff Miles and wife Kiana Miles.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Homecoming Queen Cheney Moriarty and King Zeke Coghill pose with Head of School Jeff Miles and wife Kiana Miles.

2022 Rabun Gap Homecoming Queen and King

Cheney Moriarty and Zeke Coghill were crowned as Rabun Gap Homecoming Queen and King on Friday, Oct. 21.
rabuncountyclerkofcourt.com. A constitutional challenge has been filed with the Office of Clerk for Rabun County Superior Court against the commissioners' scheduled second reading and potential Oct. 25 vote on the short term rental ordinance amendments.

rabuncountyclerkofcourt.com. A constitutional challenge has been filed with the Office of Clerk for Rabun County Superior Court against the commissioners' scheduled second reading and potential Oct. 25 vote on the short term rental ordinance amendments.

Legal challenge deems short-term rental ordinance changes constitutional violations

A constitutional challenge has been filed with the Office of Clerk for Rabun County Superior Court against the commissioners’ scheduled second reading and potential Oct.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of the Sky Valley U.S. Postal Service center on Sky Valley Way. The Sky Valley Police Department and investigations division of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office worked together to investigate break-ins that occurred at the end of September. The investigation yielded two arrests of a mother and son from Florida.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. A view of the Sky Valley U.S. Postal Service center on Sky Valley Way. The Sky Valley Police Department and investigations division of the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office worked together to investigate break-ins that occurred at the end of September. The investigation yielded two arrests of a mother and son from Florida.

Stamping out postal thefts

SKY VALLEY– Two suspects have been identified and arrested in Florida in connection with the local investigation of the break-in at the Sky Valley U.S. Postal Service mail center on Sky Valley Way at the end of September.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Alan Corbett showcases his talent and paints a portrait while visitors check out the various crafts and artwork set up during the Sky Valley Fall Fest last weekend.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Alan Corbett showcases his talent and paints a portrait while visitors check out the various crafts and artwork set up during the Sky Valley Fall Fest last weekend.

The Best of Fest

SKY VALLEY– Hundreds of visitors and Rabun County residents traveled through the Sky Valley Hay Bale Trail and headed to Georgia’s highest and coolest city for the Sky Valley Fall Fest Saturday, Oct. 15.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County resident Laura Messer early votes at the Rabun County Board of Elections Office Tuesday. Poll workers Ann D’Agostino and Amanda Burrell are two of many poll workers who help voters navigate through the election process. Early voting continues through Nov. 4, with two opportunities for Saturday voting. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County resident Laura Messer early votes at the Rabun County Board of Elections Office Tuesday. Poll workers Ann D’Agostino and Amanda Burrell are two of many poll workers who help voters navigate through the election process. Early voting continues through Nov. 4, with two opportunities for Saturday voting. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Voters head to polls early in record numbers

Early voting began Monday and the Rabun County Elections Office already has seen one of its highest turnouts ever with 800 registered voters casting ballots early in-person. Additionally, 145 paper ballot votes already have been mailed back into the elections office from the 649 mailed out.