By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Events preceding the North Carolina Yam Festival at Tabor City’s biggest day offer plenty opportunity for fun and fellowship, including two with a new look for 2026.      JamieLynn & Carolina SunSet will deliver a different sound to this year’s Taste of Tabor, set for Sunnyfield Equestrian Farm on Thursday, Oct. 22.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Family and friends of Everlene Davis, honored Tuesday for 70 years of teaching in the Columbus County Schools, said they knew the education legend was surprised because she had no prepared remarks.      “They didn’t tell me nothing,” Davis said following the hour-long program, still seated in an elegant white high-backed chair…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An auto crash involving two pick-up trucks, one that caught fire after hitting a church sign, sent five people to area hospitals Friday afternoon, two by helicopter.      It appeared that no one suffered burn injuries, those in the pick-up that caught fire able to escape in time. The burned truck appeared…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Twin City Airport’s future is again in doubt, with a growing chorus of support spearheaded by one of its newer operators.      John Stephenson purchased a hanger on the edge of the county owned airport property five years ago and operates Attitude Aviators, a flight school on the property. He and other…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      America’s semiquincentennial celebrations reaches its peak this weekends, with significant events this weekend. America 250 Fireworks      Fireworks will be the biggest in many years with more than $10,000 raised and spent for this Saturday’s pyrotechnics display at South Columbus High School, Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce Chamber Executive Vice President…