Area News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Multiple structures and vehicles were consumed or destroyed by a mid-afternoon fire just south of Tabor City in northern Horry on Wednesday.      “A house, a trailer, a building, two trucks and a camper,” Tabor City Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said of the losses. “And a motorcycle.”      Multiple trucks and personnel southern…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A number of teams from Columbus County have responded to western North Carolina, a region in “a desperate situation” in the aftermath of flooding and landslides brought on by the remnants of Hurricane Helena on Friday, Sept. 27.      Others are gathering relief supplies that will begin rolling to the hard hit…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Rain and wind associated with Tropical Storm Helena, which made landfall in Florida late Thursday and traversed through Georgia by mid-morning Friday, had relatively minor impacts in the Tabor-Loris Community.      Tabor City Fire Department and Town of Tabor Public Works’ crews responded to multiple calls of trees and limbs down, some…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Tabor City Police want to talk to this man about the theft of $160 worth of tequila from the Tabor City ABC Store on Sept. 24, Maj. Christopher Hilburn says.      Two men left the store with three bottles of the liquor “by shoving them down their pants,” Hilburn said.      Contact Maj.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Public schools in the Columbus and Horry county districts will move to remote learning plans on Friday, Sept. 27, as Hurricane Helene’s impacts are expected to extend well beyond landfall in Florida Thursday evening, into the Carolinas.      Both districts announced remote learning plans by mid-day Thursday. Both referenced the “potential for…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A difference of not so many miles belies significant outcomes of Potential Tropical Cyclone #8s trek through the Carolinas, specifically Columbus and Horry counties, on Monday.      Columbus County Schools will go a second day with remote learning Tuesday, a district news release said; while students in the Horry County Schools will…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A potential tropical cyclone that threatens flash flooding and gusty winds has prompted the Columbus County and Horry County school districts to revert to remote learning for all students on Monday, Sept. 16.      Students and staff in the Columbus County Schools were instructed by text message and recorded phone messages Sunday…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A threat of rain and gusty wind associated with a non-tropical low system expected to develop off the coast this weekend has prompted cancellation of the second annual Heroes Cruise-In & Parade and associated inaugural barbecue cookoff this Saturday, Sept. 14.      “A new date will be set as soon as possible,”…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Three cases of West Nile Virus detected in Columbus County during the last month has prompted mosquito control spraying in Tabor City planned for the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 3.      Spraying will begin at about 7 p.m., a public advisory from town government issued Saturday said.      “Mosquito control spraying is a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A retired Tabor City merchant driving his classic 1936 Dodge pickup truck was killed in a three vehicle crash east of town Wednesday afternoon when he was struck, head-on, by a much larger and newer Dodge truck.      George Hubert Soles Jr., 79, died instantly in the crash on Peacock Road at…