Editorials
Editorial | Message to Would-Be Teen Parents: ‘You’re Worth Your Dreams’
Forrest Alton has a message for Horry County: “Pay attention.”
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Editorial | Sex Sells, But Not in Our Backyard, Please
How serious is Horry County Council about cracking down on adult businesses? They had not one, not two, but three lawyers in attendance ready to speak on the issue at Thursday’s meeting of their Infrastructure and Regulation committee. One – lawyer Scott Bergthold of adultbusinesslaw...
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Editorial | Litter trashes us all
The phrases should go without saying: The beach is not your ashtray. Litter is everybody’s business. The river is not a garbage disposal. Trash goes in the trash can.
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Editorial | The All-Purpose, One-Size-Fits-All Atlantic Beach Editorial
If Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes were arrested, or Conway Mayor Alys Lawson, or Surfside Beach Mayor Doug Samples, our newsroom would quickly shift into overdrive. Reporters and photographers would be sent to dig up background. Front pages would be redesigned. Sources would be mined for information...
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Editorial | Waccamaw Center Puts Mentally Ill on ‘Path to Recovery’
Maintaining appropriate body weight and handling personal finances are typically concerns of folks who have mental illness and are going through recovery, so those topics will be covered at the first recovery conference of the Waccamaw Center for Mental Health. “It’s a new deal for...
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Editorial | Is it time for Myrtle Beach to switch to council districts?
Voters in Myrtle Beach will be electing their mayor and some council members this year primaries are just around the corner and the elections bring with them a perennial question: Should Myrtle Beach transition to a system built around district representation rather than the current...
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How to Succeed in Business: Really Trying
At 8:30 Saturday morning, just under 1,000 new graduates of Coastal Carolina University will march across the stage in Brooks Stadium and turn their tassels from right to left. On Monday evening, hundreds more from Horry-Georgetown Technical College will follow suit at the Myrtle Beach Convention...
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Editorial | Time for a Law Review
South Carolina budget hawks have long been fond of touting the need for zero-based budgeting. The idea – in which state agencies would have to justify all of their spending, not just the increases or differences from year to year – has its merits. But we’d go further. South ...
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Editorial | Fire Funds Due Consideration Throughout Horry County
Nobody likes to hear the words tax increase. Like a fist flying at our face, the instinctual reaction is to duck or throw up our hands in defense. But we also pay strict attention when our fire safety officials say that they need more resources to keep us safe, as has happened across the county ...


