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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE: 4:45 p.m.      Tropical Storm Idalia’s impacts have varied in Horry County, prompting a varied response from the Horry County Schools that generally has Grand Strand schools on their regular schedule for Friday, Sept. 1, most inland schools returning to an eLearning environment, with no on-campus classes and no school bus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Idalia, a category 3 hurricane when it slammed into Florida Tuesday night, is expected to be a tropical storm by the time she impacts the greater Tabor-Loris Community late tonight (Wednesday) into Thursday morning, National Weather Service data showed.      Both Columbus County and Horry County school facilities will be closed Thursday,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      States of Emergency have been declared in the Carolinas as leaders in the greater Tabor-Loris Community, Columbus and Horry counties, keep a close eye on Hurricane Idalia and its potential local impacts.      Impacts to public education were already taking shape Tuesday afternoon, as both the Columbus County and Horry County Schools…

Columbus County Commissioner Brent Watts, in whose district the new Tabor City School sits, cut the ceremonial ribbon formally opening the campus in front of a large crowd Thursday morning. Principal Dale Norris, in the far right below, joined his faculty and staff during the ceremony. Seated at the far left below is Dr. Jonathan…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Jesse E. “Eddie” Beck, II has been named assistant superintendent for the Columbus County Schools.      Beck’s selection was made by the Columbus County Board of Education following a lengthy closed session Monday evening, and announced in a CCS news release Tuesday morning.      “I am truly honored and humbled to be named…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “Darkness used to hover over this building,” A New Beginning Home Care Agency co-owner Jamie Ward-Glenn said during a grand re-opening program for the East 5th Street business Thursday.      Several dozen people gathered in front of the two-story building that sits prominently adjacent to the Tabor City School, it slated for…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Several people sustained apparently minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash involving a Tabor City Police Department patrol vehicle Friday afternoon.      Officer Justin McKeithan and at least one other person were taken to McLeod Loris hospital following the 1:30 p.m. incident on US 701 Bypass at Complex Street.      Maj. Russell Conway and…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Hotter, and more unstable weather that moved into the Tabor-Loris Community just in time for Independence Day held off for the 36th annual Columbus County Fireworks Celebration held Friday at South Columbus High School.      A misplaced compact disc containing patriotic music caused a regrettable omission in an otherwise…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County’s annual Independence Day fireworks celebration has moved from July to June for 2023, the Greater Tabor City Chamber of Commerce hosted event set for tonight (June 30) at South Columbus High School.      It marks the 36th annual Columbus County Fireworks Celebration, weather permitting, and the forecast for Friday early…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An appeal from “pill mill” physician Jong Whan Kim has not swayed a three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has upheld an appeal despite his Dec. 28, 2021 guilty plea, a news release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina says.      Prohibited…