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Work on a new fire training center for the Tabor City Fire Department, located next to the town’s Public Works Building in the Tabor Industrial Park, is making rapid progress, Fire Chief Jeff Fowler said. Using used shipping containers the three story main structure and adjacent one-story container will offer a variety of training opportunities…

Ken Lee said he was enjoying his “favorite tea” at the Speedway in Loris when the scene outside, a wreck involving an overturned log truck, caught his eye. His thought, “Well now, there’s a picture,” ended with this image, shared with us. A detour manned by Loris Fire and Loris Police routed traffic through the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      “Burnett Coleman was small in stature, but was a giant of a man in countless ways,” Barbara Harrelson, a member of the Matthew 25 Board of Directors, said as the facility just west of Tabor City was dedicated in memory of the former banker whose vision resulted in the mission that…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Just 10 months after being named assistant superintendent for the Columbus County Schools, Jesse E. “Eddie” Beck, II take the district’s top post effective July 1.      Beck was named to succeed Dr. Deanne Meadows as superintendent upon her retirement, effective June 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Dr. Meadows…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Big debt assigned to three of Columbus County’s five water districts during a recently completed audit will be erased in a new audit expected in the coming weeks, County Manager Eddie Madden told the Board of Commissioners Monday.      More than $11 million in debt that resulted from refinancing for the county’s…

     A press problem with our printer will force a delay in publication of our print edition today.      We expect delivery of the print edition sometime this afternoon (May 15), we hope early but just don’t know.      E-edition subscribers are not impacted, today’s edition is already online. Because of the print issue we’ve decided to drop…

     As many of you know, tabor-loris.com has been offline since Tuesday, the result of a significant hack involving our website host.      As of noon today (Thursday, May 2) service is partially restored we are working to get this week’s e-edition posted as soon as possible.      Important to note, no subscriber information, including passwords of payment…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      An accounting error made on Columbus County government books in 2015 and just reconciled in a new audit for the year that ended June 30, 2022, shows three of the county’s five water districts without the resources to pay their debts.      County commissioners accepted the long overdue audit during a called…

By JENN BOYD tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      Kelli Gerald secured a seat on Loris City Council with a decisive 236 to 154 victory over former council member Jan Vescovi in Tuesday’s special election run-off.      “I am elated, and I am thankful for all the citizens that voted for me,” Gerald said after the voters were counted. “Thank you…