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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com Afternoon update      “Substantial active prison time,” is facing a Tabor City physician and his girlfriend assistant accused of trafficking in prescription medications and street drugs from their office and home, Assistant District Attorney Heath Nance said Friday.      Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics detectives served search warrants on both properties Friday morning,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Supt. Alan Faulk will retire from the Columbus County Schools this fall.      Faulk, the school system for seven years, has spent his entire career in education in Columbus County.      “I feel like it’s my time,” said Faulk, 57. “I’ve got 34 years in. I feel like it’s time to pursue some…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A previously convicted drug dealer stopped after leaving a known drug area had narcotics in his vehicle, but no pants on his body, Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said in a news release.      James Eldred Buffkin, 67, of Pireway Road in Tabor City, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Tabor City native was shot and killed on a busy Myrtle Beach street Wednesday night.      Ryan Rasheed Bryant, 27, died following the 9 p.m. shooting on SC 17 Bypass near 29th Avenue in Myrtle Beach, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said Thursday.      Bryant, a former Tabor City resident…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A low-speed chase Monday morning involving a tractor-trailer rig resulted in the arrest of a Texas man charged with driving while impaired and more.      Aman Beshir Juber, 58, of Garland, Texas was charged with driving while impaired, fleeing to elude arrest, reckless driving to endanger, and driving left of center, Columbus…

Demolition crews began removing the remnants of Dale’s Seafood restaurant in Tabor City Monday, more than a week after fire gutted the structure. Owners Sue Gore Tyson and Rusty Tyson were on hand, Rusty making sure the crews did not damage the sign out front, which he said will be preserved for the new restaurant,…

By DEUCE NIVEN & JENN BOYD tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Dale’s Seafood, a landmark restaurant anchoring Tabor City’s most visible crossroads, was engulfed in fire early Friday.      “Dale’s Seafood is burning down,” Tabor City Fire Chief Hodges said.      Tommy Gore, an employee at McDonald’s across the highway from the seafood restaurant, provided video of the blaze.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Jimmy Woodard Garrell, a Tabor City business leader known and beloved as JimmyG, the face of the TimeSaver and Cash & Dash convienience store chain, passed away Sunday June 10, at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach. He was 82.      “He’s going to be sorely missed in our community,…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A just graduated member of South Columbus High School’s Class of 2018 and an off duty Columbus County Sheriff’s Office deputy were involved in a serious auto collision in front of the school this morning.      That graduate was flown by AirReach helicopter from the school to Grand Strand…

     At least two counterfeit $100 bills have been passed in Loris recently, the Loris Chamber of Commerce is reporting.      Anderson Brothers Bank received the bogus bills from local businesses, prompting a warning from the chamber to local businesses.      “Please be aware that they are in circulation again and to be on the lookout,” the chamber…