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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A correctional officer accused of attempting to smuggle tobacco into Columbus Correctional Institution has been arrested, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports.       JuJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, of Whiteville was charged Aug. 20 after a Lieutenant at the prison reported finding a bag of tobacco in Lambert’s boot during a search prior…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 has apparently claimed another Columbus County resident, state data showed Wednesday, while another low-count day of new coronavirus cases was recorded for Horry.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: State shows COVID death in Columbus Horry new cases drop to 20 State shows COVID death in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A new North Carolina program provides assistance for those ordered to isolate or quarantine following a COVID-19 positive test, and a new report shows face masks slow the spread of the disease.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: NC program aides those who test COVID positive DHEC:…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County School leaders are confident enough in how the new school year is going to bring fourth and fifth graders back on campus next week, earlier than initially planned.      That decisions as newly confirmed COVID-19 infections may be declining.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 found its way into at least two Columbus County schools, another in Whiteville and a charter school, which is expected to have school leaders especially vigilant as the second week begins Monday.      That comes as new case numbers slowed in both Columbus and Horry counties during the weekend. This post…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Females have been hit harder by COVID-19 in Columbus County than men, data released Thursday by the Columbus County Health Department shows.      Both Columbus and Horry reported 36 newly confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, though with vastly different time frames, as Horry recorded another three confirmed COVID deaths, local and state…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Horry County government has lost its first employee to COVID-19, a veteran police officer.      Elsewhere, new funding for Internet expansion to aid students in class at home, others who are working from home, will include Columbus County.      Coronavirus infections, meanwhile, continue to climb, crossing the 1,000 mark in Columbus County Wednesday.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Loris man and two alleged co-conspirators in the murder of a father and son in Conway two years ago have been charged in the crime, the Horry County Police Department announced Tuesday.      Randy Dean Grainger, 53, of Martin Street, Loris, was charged with two counts of murder, an HCPD news…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Another two COVID-19 related deaths and 29 more confirmed infections reported for Columbus County Monday contrasted with better trend in both categories for Horry, state and local agency reports indicated.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID claims two more Columbus lives, infects 29 more Coronavirus deaths,…

Snow White was checking temperatures and walking students into the building as Tabor City Elementary School welcomed its youngest students back on campus for the new school year Monday morning. Principal Kelly Bullard said the process went well, with children generally smiling and parents supportive of COVID-19 procedures, even though the pandemic meant they could…