Area News
After school activities cancelled for Columbus County system
With a low pressure system off of the Carolina’s coast threatening “some impacts across portions of southeast North Carolina” today and tonight, according to the National Weather Service, “All after-school activities for Friday, Sept. 22, have been cancelled,” Columbus County Schools’ spokesman Kelly Jones said in an e-mail after noon.
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‘Forensic audit’ sought for Loris hospitality fund
By DEUCE NIVEN & JENN CAUSEY Spending from a state hospitality tax fund totaling some $1.45 million in the past four years, apparently without approval by or knowledge of Loris City Council has triggered a request for a “forensic audit’ of those funds. Council member Carroll Padgett, an attorney, called for the audit following a…
Read MoreLoris, GSF schools among those in Horry taking a second ‘eLearning’ day Friday
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…
Read MoreExpect Tropical Storm Idalia by morning, schedules are changing
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,…
Read MoreColumbus, Horry schools set remote learning as Hurricane Idalia approaches
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…
Read MoreRibbon falls for new Tabor City School
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…
Read MoreBeck named new CCS assistant superintendent
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…
Read MoreFrom ‘darkness,’ a new beginning
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…
Read MoreCrash involving TCPD cruiser injures several
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…
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