Wilson Baker Springs was a key founder of the Ponderosa Group. If Myrtle Beach ever hopes to build a future as bright as its early past, we will need great men of integrity and vision like Wilson Baker “Teedie” Springs, his family, and his contemporaries. Wilson Baker Springs, 91, passed …

“The dictates of our nation state that authority comes from God. It is given to the public at large. The people then give limited amounts of this authority to elected officials, who then give even more limited authority to bureaucrats who work for elected leaders.” Last August, I decided to …

Horry County Council voted 9 to 2 tonight to terminate the employment of Chris Eldridge, former Horry County Administrator. County Chairman Johnny Gardner abstained from the vote. Eldridge was believed to be a divisive element in county government working to smear Chairman Gardner on his inauguration day last December 20th. …

The tourism lobby showed up in force tonight at Horry County Council. Brittain Resort Hotel owner – Matthew Brittain, Grandstrand Business Alliance Head – Steve Chapman, Defender Resorts- Ken McKelvey, Seaside Resorts – Chris Schroff, SCDOT Commissioner Tony Cox, Myrtle Beach Chamber Board President – Matt Klugman, and former chairman …

“These professional advisers, charged with duties of loyalty and good faith, should have served as a firewall to shield the District from Thomas’ corruption. Instead, they abandoned their fiduciary duties in exchange for access to millions of dollars in public funds for their personal gain, all at the expense of …

Easter Worship & Sunrise Services Looking for places to worship on Easter Sunday? Below is a list of churches offering sunrise services on the beach. It’s a unique and moving experience. Mom and Dad, Easter egg hunts along the coast are listed at bottom below. Oceanfront Sunrise Services Palmetto Pointe …

Myrtle Beach Poverty: “We do have the best opportunity zones [depressed properties] in the country.” A major portion of our opportunity zones are located on oceanfront property or property that has a view of the Atlantic Ocean, and I don’t know of any other state in the country that can …

Opinion One of Mayor Bethune’s closest political allies, former Horry County Chairman Mark Lazarus championed and worked to extend a sunset 1.5% county-wide hospitality tax in 2017. The continued funding was to be allocated to building I-73. While our news organization cried foul, Mayor John Rhodes (mayor of Myrtle Beach …

Few in Horry County have heard the names of Rep. Jonathon Hill of Anderson or Rep. Josiah Magnuson of Spartanburg. Yet these are the faces of the new conservative movement now also taking shape in Horry County. Hill sponsored the very popular constitutional carry bill which stalled this month in …

Publishers Note: With the S.C. Statehouse in session, much has been made about angry resident language towards S.C. legislators. One key legislator publicly stated yesterday that he was afraid of some constituents on what he called the “far” right. We offer the below re-printed investigative report by the Nerve. In …