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Photo courtesy John Heinen/Project 360 Media. Lake Burton and Rabun County play key roles in a new documentary film on Georgia’s hydroelectric revolution that airs Sept. 24 on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.

Photo courtesy John Heinen/Project 360 Media. Lake Burton and Rabun County play key roles in a new documentary film on Georgia’s hydroelectric revolution that airs Sept. 24 on Georgia Public Broadcasting stations.

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Film documents hydroelectric revolution that transformed Atlanta

Wayne Knuckles
Thursday, September 19, 2019
CLAYTON—In the decades immediately following the Civil War, the city of Atlanta—and the entire state of Georgia—struggled to recover from the massive devastation wrought by four years of intense conflict capped by Gen. William T. Sherman’s brutal March To The Sea.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Cherokee Friends from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Jarrett Wildcatt, Malaciah Taylor and Nola Teesateskie, give lessons on Cherokee dances to attendees of an event highlighting Cherokee history in Rabun County with folklorist Barbara Duncan at the Rabun County High School Fine Arts Building on Saturday evening. Here they are performing a Cherokee Buffalo Dance.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Cherokee Friends from the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Jarrett Wildcatt, Malaciah Taylor and Nola Teesateskie, give lessons on Cherokee dances to attendees of an event highlighting Cherokee history in Rabun County with folklorist Barbara Duncan at the Rabun County High School Fine Arts Building on Saturday evening. Here they are performing a Cherokee Buffalo Dance.

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Cherokee heritage strong in Rabun County, Duncan says

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2019
TIGER— Stekoa Creek, Chechero Street and Betty’s Creek are all names familiar to Rabun County residents, and the history behind these names can be found in the Cherokee culture that inhabited the area for thousands of years.
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Mayor Green, left, and city attorney Mitch Baker listen as Heather Feldman, representative from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC), talks to city council members about GMRC’s plan to update the city of Clayton’s Charter and the Clayton city council meeting Tuesday.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Mayor Green, left, and city attorney Mitch Baker listen as Heather Feldman, representative from Georgia Mountains Regional Commission (GMRC), talks to city council members about GMRC’s plan to update the city of Clayton’s Charter and the Clayton city council meeting Tuesday.

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Council votes 3-1 to accept TSW's Master Plan

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2019
CLAYTON— In a 3-1 vote, Clayton City Council members passed a motion at Tuesday’s council meeting to accept the city’s Master Plan as presented by Savannah-based consulting company TSW.

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Clayton Crawl this weekend

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 19, 2019
CLAYTON— Let the good times crawl in the fall for the 11th annual Clayton Crawl this Saturday, Sept. 21 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. “We started the crawl 11 years ago to bring people to Main Street and to show them all the great shops and things we have in downtown.
Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Tourism Development Authority Executive Director Teka Earnhardt, center, is greeted by Daphne Lisenby of Wolffork Valley Farms (left) and TDA board vice-chairman Laura Gurley at a reception Tuesday at Clayton Café.

Wayne Knuckles/The Clayton Tribune. Tourism Development Authority Executive Director Teka Earnhardt, center, is greeted by Daphne Lisenby of Wolffork Valley Farms (left) and TDA board vice-chairman Laura Gurley at a reception Tuesday at Clayton Café.

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In last action, TDA board restructures director's final pay

Wayne Knuckles
Thursday, September 19, 2019
CLAYTON—The Rabun County Tourism Development Authority (TDA) voted unanimously to change the terms of executive director Teka Earnhardt’s final compensation package in an unusual Sunday afternoon meeting Sept. 15.

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Tourism board votes to cease operations

Wayne Knuckles
Friday, September 13, 2019
CLAYTON—The Rabun County Tourism Development Authority board of directors voted 8-4 last Wednesday to cease functioning as of Sept. 15 and turn all assets and programs over to the county.
Jeff Miles is the 11th Head of School for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School and looks forward to being part of the Rabun County community. Jeff Miles, left, poses with daughters Lia,6, Alison,2, and wife Kiana at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

Jeff Miles is the 11th Head of School for Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School and looks forward to being part of the Rabun County community. Jeff Miles, left, poses with daughters Lia,6, Alison,2, and wife Kiana at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

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Jeff Miles takes the reins as 11th Head of School at Rabun Gap

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 12, 2019
RABUN GAP— Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School’s theme for the 117th academic school year is “building one community” and newcomer Jeff Miles is looking forward to building a strong relationship with the Rabun County community and the students and faculty of Rabun Gap as the 11th Head of School.

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Fire incident under investigation

News Staff
Thursday, September 12, 2019
RABUN GAP— The exact cause and nature of a Rabun Gap fire is under investigation after two people were airlifted following severe burns on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Rabun County Emergency Medical Services and Rabun County Fire Services were dispatched at 8:12 p.m.
Tallulah Falls Mayor Teri Dobbs looks over a zoning map of the town at a joint work session of the City Council, Downtown Development Authority and Planning Commission last Thursday. City officials plan to add updates to the 1999 zoning map.

Tallulah Falls Mayor Teri Dobbs looks over a zoning map of the town at a joint work session of the City Council, Downtown Development Authority and Planning Commission last Thursday. City officials plan to add updates to the 1999 zoning map.

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Tallulah Falls reviews town zoning map

Megan Horn
Thursday, September 12, 2019
TALLULAH FALLS— An update to the 1999 zoning map of Tallulah Falls was the hot topic of discussion at a meeting at Tallulah Falls City Hall last Thursday. The meeting was a joint work session of Tallulah Fall’s City Council, Downtown Development Authority and Planning Commission.

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Clayton master plan is nearly ready

Wayne Knuckles
Friday, September 6, 2019
CLAYTON—Parks, parking and streetscape improvements are among the highlights of the new Downtown Master Plan for the city of Clayton. The plan, which is being prepared by the consulting firm TSW hired by the city, is about 80 percent complete.