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Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Teri Dobbs goes all-out and dances in the One Man Band parade for the second annual Mardi Gras sponsored by the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, Feb. 22. Kaleb Wilburn plays the trombone as the group travels through downtown Clayton.

Mardi Gras comes to Clayton

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Thursday, February 27, 2020
Mardi Gras came to the city of Clayton for a second annual event sponsored by the Rabun County Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, Feb. 22. Check out The Clayton Tribune's Facebook page and Instagram for more photos from the event. 
White County Board of Commissioners Chairman Travis Turner (middle) reads aloud the proclamation as fellow commissioners listen, from left Craig Bryant, Edwin Nix and Lyn Holcomb. (Photo/Wayne Hardy)

County makes Second Amendment statement

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Thursday, February 27, 2020
The White County Board of Commissioners have made clear their support for citizens’ right to keep and bear arms. About a month after commissioners discussed a public affirmation backing gun ownership and the Second Amendment, they unanimously approved a proclamation doing just that at a Monday,...
The meeting room, hallway and lobby of the Graham County Public Library were packed Feb. 5, when the Town of Robbinsville once again discussed the possibility of putting alcohol sales on the ballot. Photo by Art Miller/amiller@grahamstar.com

Alcohol sales shelved again

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Thursday, February 13, 2020
Robbinsville – For the second straight month, the town had the decision whether to vote on allowing constituents to decide if Graham County would sell alcohol once again or not. For the second straight month, the aldermen elected to table the issue. This time, until April. The Feb. 5 meeting...
Educators from Botswana - Ipatleleng M. Ntsayakgosi and Ookeditse Johannes - viewed the “When All God’s Children Get Together” exhibit when it first visited the Murphy Art Center in 2017. File photo

Art teaches black history

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Thursday, February 13, 2020
    Murphy – The arts will be used to teach history this month as a local artist’s exhibit returns to the Murphy Art Center.     “When All God’s Children Get Together: A Celebration of the Lives and Music of African-American People in Far Western North...