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Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Grand Strand restaurants and hotels rely on foreign workers to fill temporary jobs during the peak tourism season, but the program that lets area businesses do this could be in jeopardy.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill to make it illegal for a store or restaurant to claim that seafood is local when it comes from outside the waters of South Carolina, Georgia or North Carolina.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  Horry County police arrested Joseph Stewart Rawls, 22, for stealing a dog in December.

Friday, April 26, 2013  A Georgetown County lawmaker wants to see more truth in food labeling. State Representative Stephen Goldfinch, Jr. of District 108, recently introduced a bill requiring certain standards be met when a business sells seafood.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  You might want to give yourself some extra time if you drive on Ocean Boulevard in Surfside Beach. The speed limit is being dropped from 30 to 25 miles per hour.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Betty Floyd of Marion has ran in the Boston Marathon for the past 11 years and this year, she finished just 10 minutes before the explosions.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Many of the Grand Strand and Pee Dee runners who were in the Boston Marathon are back home now, with some still shaken up by what they experienced after the terrorist bombing Monday.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The young lady, better known as Bree, set out to raise $15,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  Authorities in Robeson County say Julius Rogers, 20, turned himself in at the Magistrate Office at the Robeson County Detention Center in Lumberton, Thursday afternoon. He was wanted for the murder of Daquan Stephens, 16, who was shot and killed at a basketball court two weeks ago.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Mark Lazarus is leading Al Allen in the Republican primary runoff election for Horry County Council Chairman. According to Lazarus's campaign Allen has conceded.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has advanced to a runoff in the Republican contest for an open congressional seat along the state's south coast.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  St. John's Elementary and Brunson-Dargan Elementary schools were locked down for a brief time Tuesday, after a report of a man carrying what appeared to be a gun near St. John's Elementary.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Golf Dimensions is listed on the shoplocal.us website. The store's owners recognize the significance of being a locally owned business.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  After almost eight years as head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI has resigned his post. Millions across the globe commemorated his resignation Thursday, including Catholic churches across the Grand Strand.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  WWMB-TV21, a CW affiliate under a local marketing agreement with WPDE NewsChannel 15, has been acquired by syndicated talk show host, and Marion County native, Armstrong Williams.