Area Upfront News

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Construction will get underway quickly for a $1.5 million project to bring high speed Internet service to more than 2,000 homes, small businesses and farms in the Beaverdam area, ATMC and state leaders said during a ground breaking Friday.      “It’s a great day in the neighborhood,” ATMC Board of Directors President…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Christmas decorations are filling area homes, businesses, even outdoors, and we’re certain folks would love to see them.      Share your best holiday décor with us, and will share some of the best with you, our readers in print and online in our Christmas Day edition.      To be honest, our Dec. 25…

Carroll D. Padgett Jr. was sworn as the newest member of Loris City Council just before its monthly meeting Tuesday, with his wife Sandra holding the Bible. Interim City Administrator Dennis Drozdak administered the oath. Look for more from Tuesday’s council meeting in Wednesday’s Tabor-Loris Tribune in print and online. (Jenn Causey, TLT)

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Some competitive races for Columbus County Commissioner are shaping up early, with an early filing season beginning Monday, ending at noon Friday, Dec. 20.      Commissioner Trent Burroughs of Tabor City, a Democrat holding the District 5 seat and seeking a third four-year term on the county board, will face a challenge…

By TARA JACOBS sports@tabor-loris.com      Green Sea Floyds claimed the Lower State Varsity Football title on Friday with a 29-18 win over a tough Lake View squad, earning a chance to repeat as state 1A champions next Friday.      Trojan players, coaches and fans will be at Benedict College this Friday, the GSF squad facing the Ridge…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      Heads, the fourth in a row in a series of coin tosses, returned Nelson Lee to Tabor City Council nearly three weeks after the final votes were cast in that race.      With a recount effort that began Friday, and ended late Monday afternoon, Lee and challenger Ronnie Graham joined Sandyfield Town…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A recount process involving the second seat on Tabor City Council was abruptly halted more than seven hours in late Friday afternoon after State Board of Elections staff became aware that two of the five Columbus County Board of Elections members had left during the process.      That process was tentatively scheduled…

By JENN CAUSEY & DEUCE NIVEN      Chandler Worley, a Fair Bluff area farmer whose family has made a living from the land for years, was honored as the newest member of the Columbus County Extension Hall of Fame during the 2019 Farm City Week Dinner held Tuesday at South Columbus High School.      Cape Fear Farm…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A recount in a razor close race for a second seat on Tabor City Council won’t take place until next Friday, that meeting of the Columbus County Board of Elections set for 10 a.m. in the elections offices in Whiteville.      Incumbent Nelson Lee, who lost his re-election bid to incumbent Ronnie…

By DEUCE NIVEN tribdeuce@tabor-loris.com      A single provisional ballot cast for incumbent Nelson Lee and recorded Thursday left challenger Ronnie Graham with a one-vote lead in the race for a seat on Tabor City Council.      At stake is a second seat on council. Incumbent David Mincey was the top vote getter in the race for council,…