Ben Porterfield, who spent much of his childhood in Clarkesville, recently sold his software company to Google for $2.6 billion.

Clarkesville native strikes gold with business software company

   If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s what they tell you when you are young.    Ben Porterfield made this simple philosophy worth billions.    Porterfield and his partner Lloyd Tabb sold their software company – Looker – to…

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Inger Smith is the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia as of January 15, 2020. Her goal for the teaching kitchen is to build relationships with people in the community.

Smith aims to ‘be the good’ at Food Bank kitchen

News Staff
Friday, February 7, 2020
CLAYTON— Feeding people is something that Inger Smith has done for over 30 years, and as the new teaching kitchen manager for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia she hopes to “be the good” as a hub of good will for the people in Rabun County and the mountain region. Smith began her role as...
Blair Housely is ready to raise a glass to the upcoming Dahlonega Brewery.

Mead maker taps into brewery market

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
While some would say Dahlonega is late to the local brewery party, which has exploded in Georgia over the past few years, when the city’s first brewery opens later this spring, it’ll be the first of its kind in the state. Etowah Meadery, which opened in 2017, will be opening up Dahlonega...
Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Over 150 people turned out for a public forum on proposed changes in management and policy that would affect thousands of acres of National Forest Service land in Rabun County.

Forest proposals spark lively discussion

News Staff
Friday, January 17, 2020
 CLAYTON— What do Forest Service Lands mean to the people of Rabun County?  This was the overarching question as over 150 people flocked to a public forum that was standing room only to discuss both the United States Forest Service’s (USFS) Chattahoochee-Oconee National Land...
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Raiders

Raiders end season with overtime loss

Zack Lee
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Habersham Central High School Boys’ Basketball team saw their season come to an end Friday night as they lost 77-68 to Winder-Barrow High School in overtime, eliminating them from both the regi

Lady Raiders

Lady Raiders playoff bound

Zack Lee
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

It’s official: the Habersham Central High School Lady Raiders are headed to the state basketball tournament, marking the first time since the 2016-17 season the team has advanced to the postseason.

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