Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Myrtle Beach and Florence

Friday, May 03, 2013  Myrtle Beach is considering turning over its library to Horry County.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  ICE Recycling LLC has expanded its operations in Florence County. The $1.05 million investment is expected to generate 15 jobs.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Myrtle Beach's area hair salons will be cutting to benefit the Special Operations Wounded Warrior organization.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  The governor's office announced Thursday AVX is creating 279 jobs in Greenville County.

Monday, December 19, 2011  About 50 people turned out for a meeting to learn more about the possible closure of the U.S. Postal Service's mail processing center in Florence.

Thursday, September 08, 2011  Engineers from the South Carolina Army National Guard are heading to Vermont to assist in storm cleanup operations in the wake of Hurricane Irene.

Saturday, August 06, 2011  A senior administration official says the helicopter that crashed Saturday carrying 31 U.S. special operations forces and seven Afghan soldiers was apparently shot down by insurgents in Afghanistan.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  The director of the South Carolina agency that oversees much of state government operations has resigned six months after Gov. Nikki Haley picked her for the job.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dodds Dudley, 29, of South Carolina died July 7th while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Monday, June 27, 2011  The US Marine Corps says Gunnery Sgt. Ralph E. Pate Jr., 29, of Marion, died Sunday while conducting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Friday, May 27, 2011  The U.S. Postal Service says it will study the Florence Processing and Distribution Facility on 2nd Loop Road to see if it can consolidate some operations into the Columbia Processing and Distribution Center.

Monday, May 02, 2011  The mother of a U.S. Soldier reflects on what the death of Osama bin Laden means for her son and other U.S. Troops.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  It's used as the main hub for emergency responders dealing with disasters like Hurricane Floyd and the Horry County Wildfire and Wednesday the Emergency Operations Center in Conway was the focus of Horry County's  week-long, full-scale safety exercise.

Monday, April 11, 2011  Duke Energy officials say tritium releases from its Oconee nuclear power plants into South Carolina waterways pose no health threat.

Friday, April 01, 2011  The Red Cross pretended two tornados touched down Friday, in order to practice responding to a real life disaster situation.