Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Development is coming to the Dothan area, big time Columbus County Planning Director Gary Lanier says, and other county leaders are taking steps to prepare.      A series of grant application resolutions adopted by county commissioners Monday will, if approved, set the stage for significant water improvements to the area, including a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Efforts to secure more than $1.7 million in grant funding to address housing needs, the downtown business incubator project, and to study needed downtown drainage improvements were approved during a fast-paced meeting of the Tabor City Council on Tuesday.      A pair of budget amendments were also approved, funding repairs to the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A search warrant served in Nakina resulted in the arrest of a Tabor City man on drug related charges, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports.      Tamol Sophion Washington, 32, of James Street, Tabor City, was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and marijuana, maintaining…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Monkeypox is in Columbus County, its first case of the contagious disease confirmed Tuesday. Health Director Kim Smith said.      Smith said the test result was expected. Earlier Tuesday she said a combination of symptoms and interview answers from the person tested for Monkeypox made a positive test more likely than not.…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Three men are being sought for the armed robbery of a rural Dollar General store near Tabor City on Friday, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reports.      Deputies responded to the store just after 9 p.m., and found that two employees and three customers were in the store when the men entered…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A Tabor City woman is being held without bail in the July 28 shooting of a co-worker at a North Myrtle Beach restaurant that resulted in the Loris man’s death.      Lafredia Corlet Todd, 34, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.      Quentin Johnson, 26, was…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A potentially “deadly situation” ended with a Beaverdam Community man in custody after firing about seven shots at responding law enforcement early Monday.      Brandon Delane Nobles, 33, of Old Cribbtown Road, was charged with resisting law enforcement, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to manufacture sell and…

By JENN CAUSEY tribjenn@tabor-loris.com      What did Loris City Council members know about terminating the city’s mechanic position, and when did they know it?      Evidence in plain sight, though previously unnoticed, indicates council was briefed on the plan during the its annual budget process, and members knew on June 20, when they approved a city budget…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      She’s Charlotte reared, Appalachian State University educated, and until recently a resident of Green Sea.      Now Amy Scott is off to see parts of the world she little imagined visiting just a year ago, taking part in The World Race.      Amy was also a part of Atlantic Packaging, working in the…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      COVID-19 associated deaths involving Columbus County rolled in quickly during the weekend, one Saturday, another Sunday, Health Director Kim Smith said Tuesday.      Those deaths, the first in four months, brought the number of county lives claimed by the virus since March 2020 to 272, and new worries for the health department…