By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Perhaps surprising to no one, Gov. Roy Cooper has extended the state mandated closing of public schools in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 through at least May 15 and cut in half the number of people allowed in public gatherings to 50.      South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster went far further Monday,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      After a week of doing classwork at home following the closing of public schools across North Carolina in response to the coronavirus COVID-19, Columbus County students officially begin spring break on Monday, a week without lessons as teachers and administrators prepare to continue distance learning using online and other resources.      This…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      As area churches use technology for worship services while adapting to social distancing laws and regulations in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, Columbus Regional Healthcare will be enacting an essential visitation policy this Sunday.      This post will cover these topics: Churches embrace tech CRHS/Essential visitor policy HGTC postpones commencement Child…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A no-visitor police will got into effect at noon tomorrow at McLeod Loris and McLeod Seacoast hospitals, and at other times with a 24-hour period throughout the McLeod Health system.      Disruptions to daily life in the Tabor-Loris Community, reflecting those nationally and globally, continue as the spread of the corona virus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County’s DMV contract License Plate Agency office in Whiteville remains open for business, although the Driver License Office is among 60 in the state that has been closed in response to the COVID-19 crisis.      “We are open,” office manager Pam Merritt said.      Department of Motor Vehicles officials announced the closing…

By DEUCE NIVEN & JENN CAUSEY UPDATE      A McLeod Seacoast patient has been confirmed as testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, a post on the McLeod Loris Seacoast Facebook page said just after 7 p.m. Thursday.      Dr. Kim Strong, whose wife Margo is a patient at McLeod Seacoast and who was swabbed for the COVID-19…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Community spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 has been confirmed in North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a Thursday afternoon news conference, as new cancellations, changes to school meal and information policies, and other pandemic related information was shared for the Tabor-Loris Community (TLC).      This posting will cover these topics: Community…