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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Hair salons, barbers and other “close contact” businesses across South Carolina may begin reopening a week from today, Gov. Henry McMaster said Monday afternoon.      His announcement followed the announcement that the Palmetto State has vastly increased its ability to perform contact tracing as testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus picks up.      Locally…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Coronavirus cases continued to climb in the Tabor-Loris Community, with a 14th death in Columbus County reported Sunday. This post will cover these topics and may be updated: A 14th COVID death in Columbus, three new infections Six more Horry residents infected with coronavirus A 14th COVID death in Columbus, three…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      As COVID-19 testing picks up, and economic re-opening efforts begin in North Carolina, and are enhanced in South Carolina, eleven residents of Columbus County, five in Horry, have been newly tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Saturday.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID case count…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Commencement details are taking shape for the Columbus County Schools, graduation promising to be very different for the Class of 2020 enduring the COVID-19 pandemic.      Ceremonies will be outside for seniors at South, West and East Columbus high schools, and the Columbus Career and College Academy, a Columbus County Schools’ news…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Changes that may signal a begin to a return to normal are taking place across the area, with Palmetto State rivers reopening now, restaurants Monday.      Meanwhile the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll, case counts rising in Horry and Columbus counties, Tabor Commons Assisted Living recording its first two coronavirus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      South Columbus High’s Class of 2020 will clearly view their senior year through a variety of lenses.      Principal Adam Thompson says he hopes they see the value faculty and staff have placed on this class with 20/20 vision.      Despite pandemic that forced students from them classrooms early as they joined legions…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Two additional local residents have died of COVID-19 complications, the Columbus County Health Department reported on Thursday as case counts also rose in Horry on the National Day of Prayer.      That prayerful observance joins the long list of routines changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s not going unobserved at…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      As high school seniors in Columbus County prepare for drive-through commencement and COVID-19 case counts rise in Columbus and Horry counties, South Carolina health officials have set out to test every resident and staff member at every nurse home in the state.      This post will cover these topics and may be…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Another seven people in Columbus County, six more in Horry, were confirmed with COVID-19 Tuesday, as North Carolina health officials said more than half of the state’s adult population is at higher risk if infected with the coronavirus.      North Carolina will begin a slow-walk towards a new normal at 5 p.m.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Practice did not make perfect as the Columbus County Commissioners’ first attempt at a virtual meeting, its members scattered in other locations, failed to take off Monday night.      That meeting, with limited attendance due to COVID-19 related social distancing regulations and Gov. Roy Cooper’s executive order, was rescheduled for 6:30 p.m.…