Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Education, incarceration, and the COVID-19 pandemic come together in today’s coronavirus update.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: SC Gov. pushes for Sept. 8 school opening, parental choice TCI COVID cases at 26 Horry infections up by 188 Coronavirus count creeps up in CC SC Gov. pushes…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Health and education go hand-in-hand, school leaders in the Carolinas are saying during the COVID-19 pandemic, with different takes on how that may look in Columbus and Horry counties.      Coronavirus is looking different in those counties, too, state health data continues to show.      This post will cover these topics and may…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases dropped significantly for Horry County Monday, while Columbus County maintained a slow but steady pace of new infections, state and county reports showed.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: COVID cases drop by nearly 100 in Horry Columbus reports 25 cases in four…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A rare childhood illness associated with COVID-19 has come to South Carolina, with cases confirmed in the Pee Dee and Midland regions as the Palmetto State, including Horry County, continues to deal with a surge of coronavirus.      North Carolina’s alarming COVID case increase continues, too, while Columbus County is keeping a…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the Carolinas, with a pediatric death and record case confirmation in South Carolina Saturday, new highs in diagnosed cases and hospitalizations in North Carolina.      It was a day of contrasts in the Tabor Loris Community, with Horry County continuing to surge cases and…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to evolve in the Tabor-Loris Community and across the Carolinas, with an area lawmaker contracting the disease, an order for bars to close early, a new mask and social distancing proclamation, and more coronavirus deaths and cases all reported Friday.      This post will cover these…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A surge of COVID-19 related cases and uptick in deaths continues in Horry County this week, with a slower but steady increase in confirmed infections in Columbus. This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Horry records 10 COVID deaths, more than 350 new cases in two days Columbus…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A COVID-19 pandemic chapter has ended at Tabor Commons Assisted Living in Tabor City, with just eight new coronavirus infections for Columbus County recorded Tuesday, another 130 case jump in Horry.      This post will cover these topics and may be updated: Brighter days: Tabor Commons’ COVID outbreak closed Another 130 cases…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Horry County, including the Grand Strand, remains a hot spot for COVID-19 cases with nearly 400 new coronavirus cases confirmed since Saturday and two additional deaths.      Across the state line in Columbus County the pandemic’s pace has slowed, but not halted, with 17 newly confirmed cases and no new deaths since…

An early afternoon crash on U.S. 701 Bypass at Pireway Road in Tabor City left this car with serious front-end damage, a roll-back truck from Conway based Canty & Son Towing with a ruptured diesel fuel tank, and forced the temporary and partial closure of the bypass for nearly an hour. Everyone involved declined medical…