Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Citizen complaints of drug dealing in the Green Acres subdivision near Tabor City resulted in narcotics and weapons related charges against four people earlier this week, a news release from Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene said.      Arrested as Sheriff’s Vice-Narcotics Unit officers executed a search warrant at a Pine Circle Drive…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A COVID-19 outbreak at Tabor Correctional Institution has had an outsized impact on case numbers for Columbus County, while data confirmation processes may have contributed to four coronavirus deaths reported in one day in Horry County.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: 23 of 50 new CC…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Education, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic come together in today’s coronavirus update.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: SC Gov. pushes for Sept. 8 school opening, parental choice TCI COVID cases at 26 Horry infections up by 188 Coronavirus count creeps up in CC SC Gov. pushes…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Health and education go hand-in-hand, school leaders in the Carolinas are saying during the COVID-19 pandemic, with different takes on how that may look in Columbus and Horry counties.      Coronavirus is looking different in those counties, too, state health data continues to show.      This post will cover these topics and may…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases dropped significantly for Horry County Monday, while Columbus County maintained a slow but steady pace of new infections, state and county reports showed.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID cases drop by nearly 100 in Horry Columbus reports 25 cases in four…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A rare childhood illness associated with COVID-19 has come to South Carolina, with cases confirmed in the Pee Dee and Midland regions as the Palmetto State, including Horry County, continues to deal with a surge of coronavirus.      North Carolina’s alarming COVID case increase continues, too, while Columbus County is keeping a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the Carolinas, with a pediatric death and record case confirmation in South Carolina Saturday, new highs in diagnosed cases and hospitalizations in North Carolina.      It was a day of contrasts in the Tabor Loris Community, with Horry County continuing to surge cases and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve in the Tabor-Loris Community and across the Carolinas, with an area lawmaker contracting the disease, an order for bars to close early, a new mask and social distancing proclamation, and more coronavirus deaths and cases all reported Friday.      This post will cover these…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A surge of COVID-19 related cases and uptick in deaths continues in Horry County this week, with a slower but steady increase in confirmed infections in Columbus. This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Horry records 10 COVID deaths, more than 350 new cases in two days Columbus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A COVID-19 pandemic chapter has ended at Tabor Commons Assisted Living in Tabor City, with just eight new coronavirus infections for Columbus County recorded Tuesday, another 130 case jump in Horry.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Brighter days: Tabor Commons’ COVID outbreak closed Another 130 cases…