Officials have confirmed Hall County’s eighth case of rabies for 2017 in an incident involving a raccoon that had contact with two dogs Sept. 9 in North Hall. The rabid raccoon had contact with the dogs in the 5200 block of Wild Smith Road in Gainesville, according to a statement Monday from Katie Crumley, Hall County government spokeswoman. She added that rabies was confirmed Friday by the Georgia Public Health Lab — Virology Section in Decatur.