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Additional BOE public hearings for Homestead Exemption announced

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Rabun County Board of Education members intend to opt out of a new specific bill, HB 581, that establishes a base amount allowed to be collected on homesteaded property and limits annual increases in those property taxes to the rate of inflation. Georgia House Bill 581 went into effect Jan.

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Caudell to step down from Superior Court

News Staff
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Judge Chan Caudell is stepping down from serving the Mountain Judicial Circuit as Chief Superior Court Judge. His last day on the bench will be Jan. 31. He was re-elected to the position last year, and was first appointed to serve the Mountain Judicial Circuit by Gov. Nathan Deal in December 2011.
Photo courtesy of the Rabun County Historical Society. A photograph of what the 28 East Savannah Street building looked like in the mid-1920s.

Photo courtesy of the Rabun County Historical Society. A photograph of what the 28 East Savannah Street building looked like in the mid-1920s.

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East Savannah Street building constructed 100 years ago

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 16, 2025
The City of Clayton was incorporated in 1823 according to the Rabun County Historical Society, so it’s no surprise the buildings in the downtown area are, in fact, historic.

Join training for Compression Only CPR and AED

News Staff
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a top cause of premature deaths in Rabun County. Every year, more than 28,000 people die of heart disease in Georgia. In 2022, over 702,000 people died from heart disease in the United States.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Families used the opportunity to get photos as the snow fell in downtown Clayton.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Families used the opportunity to get photos as the snow fell in downtown Clayton.

DeCORAated with snowy blast

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 16, 2025
**Updated since press time to include delays and cancellations for Friday Jan. 17** Winter Storm Cora plowed through Rabun County and Northeast Georgia as well as much of the State of Georgia last week with snow starting to fall on Friday, Jan. 10.
File photo/Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Utility crews work to clear Highway 441 North outside city limits of Clayton during Winter Storm Izzy in January 2022.

File photo/Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Utility crews work to clear Highway 441 North outside city limits of Clayton during Winter Storm Izzy in January 2022.

Schools announce closures, State of Emergency issued ahead of significant winter weather Friday

Megan Horn
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Many roads throughout Rabun County remain hazardous in the aftermath of Winter Storm Cora.  The Rabun County Board of Commissioners announced that the Rabun County Courthouse and all county facilities will open at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14. This is a two-hour delay from normal operations.

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The Consummate Coach: Remembering Sonny Smart

Wade Cheek
Thursday, January 9, 2025
Sonny Smart, the father of Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart and Rabun County resident and former Wildcat coach, passed away early on Saturday, Jan. 4, due to hip surgery complications after falling in New Orleans, La.