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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com UPDATE 3 p.m. Dec. 21      A third arrest has been made in a Dec. 9 Tabor City area shooting that critically injured one woman, leaving a man hit by a stray bullet with a less serious injury, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Michelle Tatum said.      That arrest, of an adult suspect,…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      New COVID-19 cases and “potential exposures” will force closing of the Horry County Auditor’s Conway office next week.      That office, at the Government and Justice Center, will be closed Monday through Friday, though some closings due to Christmas holidays were already scheduled, an Horry County government news release said.      Offices in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 cases are surging in Columbus and Horry counties as the death toll from the coronavirus continues to climb while health officials plead for people to heed pandemic precautions like wearing masks and observing social distance recommendations.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID claims 79th Columbus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      More COVID-19 deaths in Columbus and Horry counties, an explosive increase in confirmed cases in Columbus, were reported by local and state agencies Thursday.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID claims 3, infects 144 more in Columbus Another coronavirus death in Horry as surge continues COVID…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 has been brutal to nursing home and assisted living facilities across the country since last winter, and has claimed three more lives during an outbreak in Whiteville with another outbreak underway in Loris.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID claims three at Liberty Commons Horry…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two more Columbus County residents have been claimed by COVID-19, another in Horry as cases continue to rise sharply.      Meanwhile, North Carolina leaders are urging local officials to actively enforce pandemic safety measures.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID claims two more in Columbus, 72 new…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “It looks like it might have started at the dryer,” Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said of fire that damaged a Watering Street home Sunday afternoon.      Fire was visible from the rear of the long, double-wide as fire firefighters responding to the 2:35 p.m. alarm arrived, Fowler said.      Getting to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Both Carolina’s reported COVID-19 new case records on Friday, prompting pleas from health leaders North and South to issue pleas for the public to use mask and social distancing precautions.      Four new coronavirus deaths involving Horry citizens were reported Friday as the county’s streak of days with more than 100 newly…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 cases continue their relentless rise in Columbus and Horry counties as a feared nationwide winter surge has materialized.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus reports 90 new COVID cases since Monday Another 113 coronavirus cases for Horry in a day, 15 from Loris, GS areas…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Gunfire into a car at an intersection just outside of Tabor City critically injured a Whiteville woman Wednesday night, Maj. Russell Conway of the Tabor City Police Department said Thursday.      Tabitha Reaves, 21, of Villa Drive, Whiteville, was shot while her BMW was stopped at the stop sign at NC 904…