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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Incumbent Columbus County Sheriff Bill Rogers handily won the Republican nomination in his first election for the office Tuesday, unofficial vote totals showed.      In other local races incumbent District 6 Columbus County Ricky Bullard lost to Jeanne McPherson for the GOP nomination and Jeff Register topped Alonzo McArthur for Democratic nomination…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Weldon Boyd, the North Myrtle Beach businessman involved in a highway shooting that killed Tabor City resident Scotty Spivey more than two years ago, cannot claim immunity from prosecution under South Carolina’s “stand your ground” law, judge ruled Friday.      “I find that Mr. Boyd’s request for immunity is denied,” Circuit Judge…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Recently retired Tabor City Police Department Chief Donald Dowless was named Citizen of the Year during Tuesday’s 80th annual banquet of the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce.      Business of the Year honors went to Fowler’s Grill, with the town’s Public Works Director Mitchell Fowler receiving a service…

     Columbus County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, Feb. 5, the first on-campus day for students this week in the wake of the weekend winterstorm.      Students have used remote instruction days for the first three days of the school week. A decision on Friday’s opening will be made on Thursday, CCS spokesperson…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Public school and government office closings in the Tabor-Loris Community and beyond will continue through at least Tuesday, and for the Columbus County Schools through Wednesday, the various agencies announced Monday morning.      Widespread closings have followed the weekend snowfall that left more than a foot of the powdery precipitation on the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      While the Tabor-Loris Community was largely spared from any significant impacts from overnight snowflakes Friday into Saturday, a foot or more of light, powdery snow that began around sundown Saturday and ended after dawn Sunday will have impacts counted in days, not hours, officials from local emergency managers and the National…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      With a significant winter storm apparently certain for this weekend, precise impacts a little less clear, local governments, schools, and others are marking preparations and cancelling some scheduled events into early next week.      Warming centers are opening Saturday in multiple locations across Columbus County, including one at the Tabor City Courthouse,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County’s QRV (Quick Response Vehicle) paramedic program was given a $421,250 lifeline by Columbus County Commissioners Tuesday, funding the program through the end of fiscal year on June 30, and apparently setting the stage for more a more permanent future.      Commissioners also approved a $47.6 million wish list of priorities…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Christmas is past, but Tabor City’s 12 Days of Christmas ice skating rink will take another spin during the town’s inaugural New Year’s Eve Yam Drop on Wednesday, Dec. 31.      Sponsored by town government, Yam Drop activities are scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Garrell Depot, site of the…

Christmas is upon us, the formal celebration on Thursday, while folks in the Tabor-Loris Community have had countless opportunities to get in the spirit in recent days. Santa and Mrs. Claus rode into town with his sleigh atop Tabor City Fire Department’s Christmas Parade Under the Lights on Dec. 4, and holiday activities have continued…