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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Improvements totaling nearly $2.5 million for RJ Corman Railroad track in Columbus and Horry counties have been approved through the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Freight Rail and Rail Crossing Safety Improvement program (FRRCSI).      Twelve short line railroads and the North Carolina Ports Authority will be making improvements as a result of…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “It’s rough,” Chief Gary Buley of the Loris Police Department says of having one-quarter of his force sidelined by COVID-19.”      One of the three officers who have tested positive for the coronavirus is “very sick,” Buley said, and receiving care in a hospital.      Neither of the other two have shown severe…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      At first glance the $100 bill left in an honor box at a fruit stand west of Tabor City looked legit.      But when Robert Worley examined the bill, apparently left by someone who took four or five watermelons from his stand at 11516 Swamp Fox Hwy West, it was quickly clear…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Friends trying to rush a local man stabbed in the head to the nearest hospital were stopped by police in Tabor City Monday evening, the victim diverted to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington by AirLink helicopter.      Shikei Reakwon Daniels, 24, Ten Mile Road, Tabor City, was a passenger in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A head-on two car collision on NC 410 north of Tabor City claimed the life of a woman, injured a male driver, and left a family headed for a Myrtle Beach get-away mostly shaken up, Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said.      An investigation by the North Carolina Highway Patrol began…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Passing through Tabor City just minutes after officers were given a BOLO (be on the lookout) notice related to a series of break-ins in Columbus and Horry counties ended with a low-speed vehicle pursuit and a short-lived foot chase with a local man in custody after being tazed Wednesday evenings.      Xavier…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A private landowner has a claim to an alley adjacent to his downtown Loris business, through action by Mayor Todd Harrelson earlier this year, and no city council member recalls being informed.      It’s a complicated matter involving a Quit Claim Deed granting the transfer of ownership of a 30 foot wide…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Arriving on a crash scene to find a woman entrapped in her overturned and burning car, Officer Nick Forster of the Tabor City was able to extinguish the both in the engine compartment and passenger area before other first responders arrived, Maj. Russell Conway said.      “He did a great job,” Conway…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Hurricane Elsa is on its way to the Tabor-Loris Community, expected to “weaken to a weak tropical storm by the time it reaches the Carolinas,” the National Weather Service reported in a Wednesday morning update.      Elsa’s impacts will be felt locally later today with heavy rain that may produce isolated flash…

Story & Photos By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Fireworks capped a patriotic program with hot dogs and watermelon just right for the area’s first Fourth of July celebration, three days early, at South Columbus High School Thursday.      Those taking part enjoyed music from the Columbus County Community Band, the Kevin Sanson Band, and much more.      Rain…