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By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Columbus and Horry counties each recorded a COVID-19 related death among its residents Monday, with confirmed case totals climbing slightly in both.      Elsewhere North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a pair of pandemic relief bills into law while extending a number of DMV renewal deadlines in the state.      This post will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Moderate COVID-19 increase in Columbus and Horry counties were reported Sunday, the relatively good news tempered by an additional death in Horry.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Two new COVID cases in Columbus, 2nd day in a row Horry records 17th death, three more coronavirus cases…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 case counts rose just slightly in Columbus County on Saturday, not at all in Horry, while totals were up in the Carolinas, dramatically in North Carolina.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Columbus records two new COVID cases as state rate soars Pandemic numbers unchanged in…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      South Carolina’s work-or-home order transitions to a recommendation Monday, as restaurants will be allowed to allow outdoor dining, Gov. Henry McMaster announced Friday.      Meanwhile in Columbus County ten more people have tested positive for COVID-19, North Carolina has begun releasing Zip Code specific coronavirus information, a pandemic death and eight new…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An off duty Tabor Correctional Institution Officer was justified in shooting and killing a burglar he found inside his home last month, District Attorney Jon David said Friday.      Cameron Keyon Green, 20, of Woodrow Street in Tabor City was shot and killed during an April 21 burglary in the 1000 block…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com A tenth Columbus County resident has died from COVID-19 complications, a dozen more have been newly confirmed positive for the coronavirus including residents of a Tabor City assisted living facility where 40 are known to be infected. In Horry County four new COVID infections were reported Thursday. Columbus County, also on…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Whiteville woman who died after reportedly leaving a moving car in Williams Township Tuesday morning suffered “a gunshot wound and additional trauma to her body,” the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday.      Monalisa McMillian, 19, was found deceased near the highway when deputies responded to a “domestic disturbance” call on…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A ninth Columbus County resident has died of complications of COVID-19, while 38 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Columbus County Health Department reported Wednesday.      Across the state line there were no new COVID related deaths or case confirmations, South Carolina’s Department of Health & Environmental Control reported.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A drive-through option for COVID-19 testing launches Wednesday at Columbus Regional Healthcare in Whiteville.      Testing will be by appointment only, “part of a larger COVID-19 testing strategy to help identify and treat those with the virus,” a CRHS news release said Tuesday.      Testing will take place in the main circle entrance…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An urgent plea to practice social distancing and sanitation measures to combat COVID-19 in Columbus County comes as nine more people have been confirmed with the disease in the county, including six more from a previously reported “large family gathering.”      Meanwhile, three new deaths and five new coronavirus cases in Horry…