Category: News

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy is recommending that all overnight visitors carry bear-resistant food storage containers as a vital part of their backpacking gear.  This policy comes after a multi-year increase […]

Georgia’s first statewide survey of bald eagle nests in five years showed the national bird nesting in record numbers, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  Survey flights […]

In 2020, overdose death rates (number of drug overdose deaths per 100,000 people) increased 44 percent for Black* people and 39 percent for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people […]

A financial transaction card fraud case in Clayton was reported to the Rabun County Sheriff’s Office on July 5.  A deputy spoke to a woman, who stated that while she […]

The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three recent felony theft by taking cases in the county.  On July 5, a deputy spoke to a Rabun Gap resident about a […]

Brush collection for the City of Clayton is a complimentary service offered by the Streets Department. Collection day is Friday and a request for pickup must be scheduled by Wednesday. […]

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Piedmont North Carolina, Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and Northeast Georgia, including Rabun County for Tuesday, July 19, […]

The History of the Georgia Blue Ridge project seeks 8 interns to transfer census data to excel spreadsheets and analyze it.  To apply, visit https://openopps.usajobs.gov/internships/3923.  The Locating Sherman’s March to […]

Firefighters are working to contain the Iron Mountain Fire, located approximately 1 mile West of Alaculsy, Tn., in Murray County, Ga. The wildfire is approximately 15 acres in size with […]

On Friday, July 15, 2022, 29-year-old Joseph Ruben William Wade Thomas of Cherokee County was charged with one count of sexual exploitation of children, two counts of aggravated child molestation, […]