Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County Health Department will be getting federal funds to aid in its COVID-19 response, while the Walgreens in Tabor City was closed temporarily as a “team members” was evaluated during this pandemic.      In Horry County, coronavirus cases continued to climb, though specifics were tough to measure.      This post will cover…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus County Commissioners met for about 50 minutes Monday evening before going into a closed session, but for those listening either on-line or by telephone, the meeting was largely closed all evening.      Because of health and safety social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, commissioners have either met virtually, each member…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      More deaths and infections from COVID-19 are listed in the Columbus County Health Department’s twice-weekly coronavirus report, issued Monday; with 62 additional Horry County residents have tested positive for the disease.      Free testing for the disease in Loris, planned Friday, has been rescheduled for Thursday of this week.      This post will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Horry County’s COVID count continued its rapid climb Sunday, just a bit off pace of Saturday’s record with 95 residents newly confirmed with the coronavirus, South Carolina’s Department of Health and Environmental Control reported.      A total of 1,133 Horry residents have been confirmed with COVID-19 since the pandemic began.      Zip Code…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An explosive rise in the count of Horry County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 reached its highest point yet Saturday, with 101 laboratory confirmed cases bringing the total to 1,037 since the pandemic began.      Meanwhile there were eight newly confirmed cases in Columbus County Saturday, bringing the total to…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 is clearly moving in area communities, despite, and perhaps because of restrictions that have eased in the Carolinas since Memorial Day.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Horry records biggest one-day case count of the pandemic; Loris area has five more with COVID Coronavirus testing in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Worries from state leaders in the Carolinas that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, even during partial reopening’s, are reflected as death and case numbers continue to climb in the counties included in the Tabor-Loris Community.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Horry cases climb by…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Welcome news on the COVID front has come from Tabor City, while across the state line Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina health officials are sounding an alarm as COVID-19 deaths and cases rise at alarming rates across South Carolina.      Several hot spots identified by the Department of Health and Environmental…

     A runoff will be needed to decice the winner in at least one Horry County Council GOP primary, while an incumbent is the clear winner in the other.      Mark Causey is expected to face Terry Fowler in a runoff in two weeks in the District 9 Republican primary.      Danny J. Hardee was the clear winner…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Already wanted on assault charges, a Tabor City area man was able to slip out of handcuffs while in the custody of a Columbus County Sheriff’s Deputy, to escape the patrol vehicle, then stuck the deputy as he was being taken back into custody, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said this week.      Darryl…