Last night Horry County Council voted unanimously to cancel the county’s I-73 contract with SCDOT. As the Grand Strand Daily‘s Paul Gable wrote, “The blame for the cancellation of the I-73 agreement can be laid directly at the feet of Myrtle Beach and the other cities that joined in the …
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The town of Surfside Beach experienced a rare, change election tonight. Paul Holder, Michael Drake and Cindy Keating took the Town Council elections. Holder was the top vote-getter with 704 votes, while Keating received 636 and Drake garnered 588 votes. In the Surfside Beach Mayoral race, Bob Hellyer beat Julie Samples. A …
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MyrtleBeachSC news can now call Bob Hellyer the winner in the Surfside Beach Mayoral race. Hellyer received 566 votes, while challenger, former councilwoman Julie Samples, received 495. Town Council Paul Holder, Michael Drake and Cindy Keating took the Town Council elections. Holder was the top vote-getter with 704 votes, while …
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“In fact, Horry County leads all S.C. counties with an increase in impervious surfaces and land developed according to NOAA’s Land Use Atlas. The economic impact of flooding has been detrimental to the county and the state costing taxpayers and S.C. governments $3.5 billion just in the past 4 years.” …
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The 14th Circuit of Beaufort County heard the case of Horry County Schools versus the City of Myrtle Beach concerning $20 million in missing school funds. The school was part of an obligation to Horry County Schools from the city, provided by a TIF district created in Market Common. Horry …
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First he said he wanted out, now candidate for Surfside Beach Town Council, Michael Drake, says he will fight for Surfside Beach residents. Turn on volume to hear Drake’s comments on “I’m Fired Up” below Appearing on the “I’m Fired Up” Facebook Livestream show today, candidate Michael Drake announced he …
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In a related news article that MyrtleBeachSC news broke just hours ago, a deal with the FEDS is not possible for local Myrtle Beach attorneys Lane Jeffries and Henrietta Golding should a criminal trial ensue. Lane Jeffries is S.C. Supreme Court Justice Kaye Gorenflo Hearn’s Son-In-Law. Henrietta Golding is among …
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Next Tuesday, voters in Surfside Beach will choose a mayor for the town. This past Sunday, we published that a high profile Surfside Beach City Councilman filed a complaint against Julie Samples as a result of the Sabrina Morris firing. Councilman Randle Stevens filed the complaint based on a statement …
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For the record, my family moved to Conway, S.C. in 1767 from Surrey, Virginia. There was no Surfside Beach when we arrived. We first came to Surrey, VA. from England in 1633. My father owned a home in Surfside Beach during the entire decade of the 1970s. I spent summers …
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Bob Hellyer is a Surfside Beach resident and former Magistrate Judge of Judges from the D.C. area, namely Virginia. Many locals tell us they have become jaded about politics today. Especially with news, like we expect to see dropped by the State Newspaper this morning. A group of industry millionaires …
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