Sarah Samsel (right) teaches children in India how to make corn husk dolls during her mission trip in January.

Clarkesville woman helps ministry in India

   A local ministry opened Sarah Samsel’s eyes to a world she never knew.    Samsel, who has spent nearly all her life in Clarkesville, went on a mission trip last month to India with a group from Rahab’s Rope, a Northeast Georgia ministry that…

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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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Habersham Central's Rhett Addis throws a pitch during the Raiders' 4-0 win over Madison County High School Wednesday.

Raiders blank Madison

Zack Lee
Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Habersham Central High School Diamond Raiders combined the “little things” with outstanding pitching to capture their 4-0 victory over the visiting Madison County High School Red Raiders Wednes

Habersham Central's Addie Penick fights for the ball with a Lanier High School defender Wednesday.

Lady Raiders lasso Lanier Longhorns

Zack Lee
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Habersham Central High School freshman soccer player Ryalie Acker picked a great game to score her first career varsity goal as her free-kick strike proved to be the difference for the Lady Raiders

St. Francis takes down Lady Indians

Zack Lee
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Sometimes, bigger and faster does win out, and that’s exactly what happened in the Tallulah Falls School Lady Indians’ 76-44 loss to St.

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