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After the past weekend’s violence,  the nine mile city of Myrtle Beach has seen hotel reservation cancellation rates from 12 to 30 percent for the Summer of 2017. Meanwhile,  the neighboring, more family friendly towns of the city of North Myrtle Beach, Garden City, Surfside Beach, Pawleys Island, and Litchfield …

Governor Henry McMaster met affectionately with the city of North Myrtle Beach, and its Mayor,  Marilyn Hatley today calling the city one of smiling faces and beautiful places. When asked, Governor McMaster said he attributes the outstanding success of North Myrtle Beach to “beautiful places, smiling faces, good leadership, great …

Fitsnews, a Columbia, S.C. based news organization reports today: One of South Carolina’s most powerful highway commissioners has decided to step down from his post, sources familiar with the situation tell FITSNews. Mike Wooten – whose tenure as chairman of the S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) commission was marked by …

EMAIL SENT TO MYRTLE BEACH CITY GOVERNMENT By Rich Malzone – Make Myrtle Beaches Free, Clean, And Safe Dear Mayor Rhodes and all Myrtle Beach City Council members CC: Mark Lazarus, Brad Dean, Various Press Outlets Re: Special council meeting of June 20, 2017 I would like to commend you …

The city of Myrtle Beach has witnessed a rash of public shootings over the past week in multiple downtown locations with seven people injured in one incident captured on Facebook Live. At a Town Hall this past Tuesday, a packed room of residents voiced concerns about the city needing more …

After a mass shooting over the past weekend in which seven people were shot,  city residents addressed Mayor John Rhodes, City Council, and City Manager John Pedersen. The entire almost two hour town hall meeting was streamed on Facebook Live by WMBFnews. A Myrtle Beach tourist named, Bubba Hinson caught …

A 64 year old man plunged to his death from the balcony of the Blue Water Resort at 2001 South Ocean Boulevard early yesterday morning.   Police reports indicate the man jumped from the 15th floor. This, after a violent weekend where 7 people were wounded in a downtown shootout. …

During what the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce advertises as peak Myrtle Beach family vacation season, last night Myrtle Beach tourist, Bubba Hinson,  live streamed a 12:25 a.m. shoot out in downtown Myrtle Beach.  The video linked here and the one captured on our feed is violent and may …

During what the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce advertises as peak Myrtle Beach family vacation season, last night Myrtle Beach tourist, Bubba Hinson,  live streamed a 12:25 a.m. shoot out in downtown Myrtle Beach.  The video linked here and the one captured on our feed is violent and may …

While eminent domain efforts are still underway to take two private businesses away from local ownership, the city has not yet budgeted how it will pay for such.  The city plans to take two private downtown businesses through eminent domain and then build two new “tax payer funded”  private businesses …