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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...

Death row inmate granted clemency

News Staff

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Jimmy Fletcher Meders, who was condemned to death after being convicted of a murder in Glynn County in 1987, had his sentence commuted Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parol

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins said in a Fox interview that Democrats were “in love with terrorists.”

Collins apologizes for remark about Democrats 'in love with terrorists'

Matthew Osborne

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

U.S. Rep. Doug Collins apologized Friday after he drew heat last week when he said in a televised interview that Democrats “are in love with terrorists.”

Helen Dortch was born in Carnesville in 1863.

A woman ahead of her time

News Staff

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Helen Dortch Longstreet was no stranger to controversy or fighting for the causes she believed in by the time the Georgia Railway and Power Company began work to dam Tallulah Falls in the 1910s. By that time, Longstreet had fought and won a change to state law to allow women to be state...

Rabun County turns 200

News Staff

Friday, December 27, 2019

Rabun County turns 200 years old on December 21, 2019. From its beginnings as a remote and sparsely populated frontier in 1819, the county has developed into a growing magnet for mountain tourists…with a thriving downtown in its county seat…and elegant homes dotting the shores of pristine...

Flu activity remains high throughout Georgia, and state public health officials are encouraging those who haven’t gotten a flu vaccine to avoid putting it off any longer.

High flu activity runs throughout state

News Staff

Friday, December 27, 2019

Flu activity remains high throughout Georgia, and state public health officials are encouraging those who haven’t gotten a flu vaccine to avoid putting it off any longer. The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed more than 200 hospitalizations and two flu-related deaths...

Living in the Lavender at Red Oaks Lavender Farm

UNWIND: Living in the Lavender

News Staff

Friday, December 13, 2019

“It’s about giving back to the community.” For Tina and David Duffey, operating the Red Oak Lavender Farm is a way to interact with the community and to stay active postretirement.

Amy Sullivan paints on the front porch of Canvas and Cork, a wine tasting room and art gallery located on the corner of Dahlonega’s downtown Hancock Park. PHOTO BY CAITLIN JETT

Finding a way in folk art

News Staff

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Amy Sullivan graduated with a degree in law, and was at the top of her class.

Soon-to-be U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is introduced by Gov. Brian Kemp at a press conference Wednesday announcing her appointment to Congress for one year. Photo courtesy of Gov. Brian Kemp's office.

Loeffler tapped over Collins as new Georgia Senator

Matthew Osborne

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Gov. Brian Kemp went against President Trump’s recommendation Wednesday when he selected businesswoman Kelly Loeffler over U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Gainesville) to fill the U.S.