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The Little River Food Truck Festival was a phenomenal success in its inaugural season. More than 40 food trucks in addition to 100 arts/crafts/business vendors were visited by almost 7,000 people. Festival organizers were pleased with the turnout of locals and visitors to the food truck festival located at the Little River Landing on Watson Avenue in Little River.  The Little River Landing was recently refurbished to be home to Myrtle Beach Watersports, Little River Fishing Fleet and several other water-related businesses. Long time festival director, Hubert Bullard, worked with the property owners, the Little River Rotary Club and other …

By Diane Woods Recently, Amazon graciously donated two double fryers and three temperature sticks to the North Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad. The fryers are much needed for the Squad’s Annual Fish Fry. The temperature sticks will be placed in each ambulance to monitor the temperature in the patient care area of the ambulances. Andrew VandenBurgh, manager at Amazon, stated, “We are happy to be investing in the community and to give back.” From all of us at the North Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad, thank you. We will see you at the Annual Fish Fry on Saturday, October 24, so make …

By Lauren Jessie The North Myrtle Beach Tree Board recognizes a River Birch on Surf Point Drive as the April Tree of the Month. The owner planted the tree in 2017. River Birch (Betula Nigra) is a hardy deciduous tree that is native to South Carolina and resistant to drought, flooding and air pollution. River Birch is an ideal tree to plant in damp spots to help prevent soil erosion. The reddish-gray bark is a distinctive feature, peeling into papery thin layers.

By Ruben Lowman The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially removed the wood stork from the federal list of endangered and threatened species, a decision that went into effect last month. This landmark delisting follows decades of intensive habitat restoration, both locally in Horry County and along the East Coast, and indicates a significant population rebound for the only stork species native to North America. When the wood stork was first listed as endangered in 1984, the U.S. breeding population had plummeted to roughly 5,000 nesting pairs due to the degradation of wetland habitats and altered water flows in …

By Ruben Lowman The Horry County Board of Education has formalized the purchase of a 60-acre tract of land near Highway 90 and the Hand community for $6.3 million in a strategic move to address the unrelenting population surge across the region. Approved during a board meeting on March 23, the property is located near Bear Bluff Road and Tilly Swamp, which places it squarely in a corridor that has seen explosive residential development in recent years. District leaders, including Chief Operations Officer Ben Prince, confirmed that all due diligence on the site has been completed and while specific building …

By John Smithson NMB girls lacrosse — The North Myrtle Beach High School girls lacrosse team won their only game of the week before spring break, beating Myrtle Beach 20-3. The Lady Chiefs had a long list of players contributing to that win at Myrtle Beach. Leading the Chiefs in scoring in the game was Sydney McClannan with five goals and two assists. Lexi Schmidt got four goals and an assist. Oaklee Castle scored three goals and added three assists. Aryanna Kipybida scored twice and had one assist. Six players scored one goal. Sara Mai also had three assists. Rylee …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach Lady Chiefs softball team went 0-3 in their 6AAAAA region series last week, losing 7-0, 8-3 and 5-0 to the Panthers. The Chiefs began the series last Monday at Carolina Forest and faced Panthers pitcher Kaysen Warehime who shut out the Chiefs on two hits while striking out 14 NMB batters. The Chiefs only had three base runners in the whole game as they could not get to Warehime at all. Sierra Bendik started for the Chiefs and gave up one run in the bottom of the first inning but pitched well until …

By John Smithson The NMB Chiefs varsity baseball team was undefeated going into the first of two region games with the Carolina Panthers. Last Monday the Chiefs began their short series at Carolina Forest and lost in a pitcher’s duel 3-1. The Chiefs faced Panthers ace Parker Reavis in game one. Reavis was undefeated coming into last week’s game and had an earned run average under one. The Chiefs got two runners on to lead off the game against Reavis with Kaden Lank hitting a single to left and Peyton Gallup’s bunt single. Evan Steudl tried to sacrifice the runners, …

The Chiefs varsity tennis team was 2-1 in recent matches. On March 19th the Chiefs defeated Socastee 6-1. Number 1 player Jagger Freeman won 7-5, 6-3. Number 2 player Carter Duncan won 6-1, 6-1. Brent Maillet, Caden Williams, and Blake Maillet won in straight sets and the Chiefs doubles team also won by an 8-4 score. The Chiefs lost 5-1 to Carolina Forest on March 24th.  Jagger Freeman was the only winner in singles with a 6-3, 6-0 win. On March 26th the Chiefs beat St. James 4-3. The four winners for the Chiefs were Jagger Freeman with 6-0, 6-0 …

By John Smithson The North Myrtle Beach High School boys and girls track teams won their home meet on Wednesday, March 25, at The Hank track facilities. They beat Loris and Aynor in the three-team competition. The boys team scored 99.5 points for first place. Aynor had 50 points and Loris had 39.5 points. The girls won with 97.5 points. Aynor was second with 42.5 points and Loris finished with 30 points. The Chiefs finished 1-2-3 in the 100 meter dash. Reo Stevenson, Jonathan Evans and Jayden Wilson were the top three. Loris’ Kenny King won the 200 meter dash. …