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Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. United States Army Veterans and locals Gary Cantwell and Jon Jones are awarded Quilts of Valor by Karen Trombley, Georgia State Coordinator, and Sharon Ruth with Quilts of Valor during a special presentation at the VFW Post 4570 Friday, Feb. 28. Pictured are Trombley (left) Jones, Ruth and Cantwell.

Megan Horn/The Clayton Tribune. United States Army Veterans and locals Gary Cantwell and Jon Jones are awarded Quilts of Valor by Karen Trombley, Georgia State Coordinator, and Sharon Ruth with Quilts of Valor during a special presentation at the VFW Post 4570 Friday, Feb. 28. Pictured are Trombley (left) Jones, Ruth and Cantwell.

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Cantwell, Jones awarded Quilts of Valor

Megan Horn
Thursday, March 6, 2025
U.S. Army veterans and locals Gary Cantwell and Jon Jones were recently awarded Quilts of Valor during a special presentation at the VFW Post 4570 on Friday, Feb. 28.
File Photo submitted by Megan Morris. Firefighters from Rabun County Fire Services Stations 5, 1, 6, 9, 12 as well as Otto (N.C.) Fire and Rescue work to extinguish a commercial structure fire at 6676 Highway 441 North (Marathon station) in Dillard on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. The building is a “total loss.”

File Photo submitted by Megan Morris. Firefighters from Rabun County Fire Services Stations 5, 1, 6, 9, 12 as well as Otto (N.C.) Fire and Rescue work to extinguish a commercial structure fire at 6676 Highway 441 North (Marathon station) in Dillard on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. The building is a “total loss.”

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Local arson incidents remain undetermined

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 27, 2025
The causes of three arson incidents in Rabun County were still under investigation by the Georgia state fire marshal as of press time Wednesday. The cause of a commercial structure fire at the Marathon station in Dillard Dec. 7, 2024; a structure fire at 337 Sandy Ford Road in Clayton on Dec.
Carson Sprinkle/CLS Films/Submitted. Velvet City Sound provided musical entertainment as the live dance band during the 25th annual F.A.I.T.H. Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event was a night of food, auctions and dancing that supported the local nonprofit.

Carson Sprinkle/CLS Films/Submitted. Velvet City Sound provided musical entertainment as the live dance band during the 25th annual F.A.I.T.H. Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event was a night of food, auctions and dancing that supported the local nonprofit.

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F.A.I.T.H. thanks community for successful Sweetheart Ball

Megan Horn
Thursday, February 27, 2025
F.A.I.T.H’s annual Sweetheart Ball on Saturday, Feb. 8 was a success as community members showed out for a night of dancing, friendship and fun to support the mission of the local nonprofit. The ball is one of F.A.I.T.H.’s premier events and raised around $100,000 this year.
Submitted photo. Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees spent 12 hours and worked throughout the night on Feb. 13 to restore water service after a 10-inch ductile iron water line was cut by a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor.

Submitted photo. Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees spent 12 hours and worked throughout the night on Feb. 13 to restore water service after a 10-inch ductile iron water line was cut by a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor.

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Authority crews work through night to repair leak

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
When a Georgia Department of Transportation contractor cut a 10-inch ductile iron water line that supplies water to Mountain City on Feb. 13, a crew of Rabun County Water and Sewer Authority (RCWSA) employees worked throughout the night to restore service.

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Human remains found in Habersham County

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
A missing person investigation by a sheriff’s office 88 miles away led Habersham County authorities to find human remains in Cornelia in the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 20. The Habersham County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office at 12:15 a.m. Feb.

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TFS students prepare to launch drones

News Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tallulah Falls School senior Mallory Higgins of Cornelia is learning something new – how to fly a drone. “Knowing how to fly a drone can be used for all kinds of things,” said Higgins. “If I know how to use it, I can use it in a job like law enforcement. I want to be a detective.