SC Tourism Snapshot
SOLID APRIL DATA … South Carolina’s tourism industry grew by double digits during the month of April – according to the government agency that serves as...
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Myrtle Beach: Out Of Control
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A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT … Looks like the scapegoating didn’t work … Last month this website reported on (successful) efforts by city leaders in Myrtle Beach,...
Sources: Myrtle Beach Police Chief “Scapegoated”
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MAYOR TO BLAME? Multiple sources familiar with the abrupt resignation of Myrtle Beach, S.C. police chief Warren Gall tell us the veteran lawman was forced out –...
Myrtle Beach Police Chief Steps Down
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AMIDST “BLACK BIKE WEEK …” The chief of police of the city of Myrtle Beach, S.C. abruptly announced his retirement just days before one of...
Horry County “Slush Funds” Draw Scrutiny
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COUNCIL MEMBERS TRY TO BLOCK DUBIOUS “RECREATION” FUNDS Last month we brought our readers the story of some good ol’ boy taxpayer fleecing in Pickens...
Myrtle Beach Businesses Seek Better Representation
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“REFORM” CANDIDATE URGED TO RUN FOR MAYOR … A group of reformers and small business leaders in Myrtle Beach, S.C. are encouraging a successful businesswoman...
Myrtle Beach Crime: Back In The News
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DRUGS, PROSTITUTION CITED … Just in time for the tourist season, reports of crime in Myrtle Beach, S.C. are bubbling back up to the surface....
SC Coastal Tax Data: Mixed Bag
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REVENUE UP MODESTLY … PICTURE INCOMPLETE There’s a battle raging in Myrtle Beach, S.C. between taxpayer-subsidized tourism leaders and government watchdogs over just how many...
SC Coastal Heroin Epidemic Spreads Inland
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LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE CAUSE … We’ve written several times now about a growing heroin epidemic along South Carolina’s coast. Users of the drug are overdosing...
Coastal Heroin Addicts: Lock Them Up?
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LOCAL LEADER CALLS FOR MANDATORY JAIL TIME … We wrote not long ago about the deadly heroin epidemic gripping Horry County, S.C. The problem? Large amounts...