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Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace returns for fifth year Saturday, Nov. 1

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
CLAYTON – Of These Mountains will celebrate the Fifth Annual Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace in  Clayton on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event will be held at the Rabun County Pavilions in Downtown Clayton and will feature more than 100 vendors from throughout the southeast.

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Judge Carswell gets aggressive with her cancer treatment

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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Nichole Carswell was on vacation at the beach with friends when she got the phone call. It was a Monday. By Wednesday, she was back in the mountains getting a biopsy. And, on Friday, June 14, 2024, she was officially diagnosed with lobular breast cancer in her left breast.

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Voting begins for November’s General Election

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Advance voting officially opened on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at the Rabun County Elections Office and will offer registered voters the opportunity to cast ballots for municipal races, TSPLOST referendum, Sunday package sales and two statewide Public Service Commission seats. The Nov.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton Police Department hosted an event to get Christmas toys for underprivileged children and the Oct. 11 car show/burnout event was successful. Austin Shook’s Dodge Mega 3500 (above) was the first-ever burnout contest winner. See more on page A6.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Clayton Police Department hosted an event to get Christmas toys for underprivileged children and the Oct. 11 car show/burnout event was successful. Austin Shook’s Dodge Mega 3500 (above) was the first-ever burnout contest winner. See more on page A6.

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Police department’s car show-burnout shows out for toys

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Clayton Police Department wanted to do something different to get more Christmas toy donations for underprivileged children this year, and the plan worked despite the Saturday show getting approved by the city council only four weeks before the event.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In the foreground, Rabun Countian Nick Alex has a conversation with individuals at the Democratic Party’s 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ in Cllayton on Oct. 11.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In the foreground, Rabun Countian Nick Alex has a conversation with individuals at the Democratic Party’s 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ in Cllayton on Oct. 11.

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Rabun County hosts annual 9th Congressional District Blue BBQ

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
With the intent to make America’s democracy better into the future – starting with Georgia – Democrats from the state’s 9th Congressional District convened in Clayton to eat barbecue, unite and forge a path through the election process.

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Tax hike approved by Tallulah Falls

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Town of Tallulah Falls Council unanimously agreed on Oct. 9 to increase its 2025 property taxes after considering residents’ comments during three mandated public hearings about the tax hike. The bump in taxes will levy this year by 2.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rick Story hugs Glenda Enloe after Story read a resolution that was penned by Georgia State Rep. Victor Anderson.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rick Story hugs Glenda Enloe after Story read a resolution that was penned by Georgia State Rep. Victor Anderson.

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For four-plus decades, clerk helps guide Dillard

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, October 16, 2025
A mountain of change has occurred in Dillard from her first day on the job until Tuesday, Oct. 14, the final council meeting in an illustrious 45-year career as city clerk for Glenda Enloe. When Enloe began her tenured role over four decades ago, Dillard had never had a city clerk.

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Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace returns for 5th year on Saturday, Nov. 1

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Thursday, October 16, 2025
CLAYTON – Of These Mountains will celebrate the Fifth Annual Of These Mountains Fall MarketPlace in  Clayton on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event will be held at the Rabun County Pavilions in Downtown Clayton and will feature over 100 vendors from throughout the southeast.