UPDATE: Cut fiber caused Verizon 911 outage
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Final update A CenturyLink fiber line that was cut caused the 911 service outage that impacted a large part of southeastern North Carolina, including Columbus County, the NC Department of Information Technology reports. CenturyLink replaced that line Tuesday afternoon, providing “full-service restoration” to the impacted 911 services. Tuesday afternoon…
Read MoreJames Edison Wooten: Loris
1957 – 2019 James Edison “Ed” Wooten of Loris passed away on Saturday, Feb. 2 at McLeod Seacoast following an illness. He was 61. Mr. Wooten was born on Feb. 19, 1957 in Loris, to the late Bill Giles Wooten, Sr. and the late, Mary Faith Douglass Wooten. Mr. Wooten worked as a truck driver…
Read MoreSheriff praises deputy who fends off attacker
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputy is getting praise form Sheriff Jody Greene for fending off an attack during an encounter in Green Acres near Tabor City Monday afternoon. During the struggle Alton Maurice Graham, 36, of Graham Lane, Tabor City “struck the deputy numerous times in the face and head…
Read MoreJoe Thomas Buffkin: Tabor City
1941 – 2019 Joe Thomas Buffkin of Tabor City died Monday, Feb. 4, in the Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter in Whiteville. He was 77. Born April 28, 1941 in Horry County, he was the son of the late Clarence L. Buffkin and Lottie Mae Hodge Buffkin. He is survived by two sons, Happy…
Read MoreSheriff’s checkpoint yields two narcotics arrests
By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A weekend traffic checkpoint east of Tabor City manned by Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputies netted arrests of a local man and another from Longs on a long list of narcotics and other charges. Bonds for the men exceeded $1 million, for one it was twice that, a news release Monday…
Read MoreWilliam Russell Huggins: Tabor City
1958 – 2019 William Russell Huggins of Tabor City, died Sunday, Feb. 3, at his home. He was 61. Born Jan. 31, 1958 in Florence County, he was the son of the late William Junior Huggins and Mary Shelley Huggins. He is survived by one son, Chris Huggins of Lexington, South Carolina; two daughters, Ursula…
Read MoreOops
A curve on US 701 just across the state line in South Carolina has claimed numerous big rigs over the years, this log truck Monday morning the latest to apparently make the attempt a bit too fast. Two people were in the truck, Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said, neither the woman who was…
Read MoreRonald Watts: Tabor City
1951 – 2019 Ronald “Ronnie” Watts of Tabor City died Sunday, Feb. 3, in the McLeod Loris hospital. He was 67. Born Aug. 27, 1951 in Columbus County, he was the son of the late Coley Blease Watts and Estie Mae Strickland Watts. He is survived by his wife, Sune Young Watts of the home;…
Read MoreKimberly Marie Allyn: Loris
1962 – 2019 Kimberly Marie” Kimmie” Allyn of Loris passed away Sunday, Jan. 27. She was 56. Born July 8, 1962 in Elmira, New York, she was the daughter of Nancy Palladino Allyn and the late James Allyn, Sr. Ms. Allyn loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, who called her “Nana”. She…
Read MoreRainbow training
A live burn training exercise on Miller Road Saturday, hosted by the Tabor City Fire Department, also involved firefighters from Roseland, Williams Township, Fair Bluff, Nakina and Evergreen fire departments and Columbus County’s Air Truck. Hose spray created a rainbow as firefighters worked late in the training. Some young firefighters had their first experience inside…
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