His first cousin's fame shines so brightly that even his silhouette has become instantly recognizable, but Noland Pearsall preferred the shade cast by the back of a beachwear store in a little seaside S.C. town, family and friends said.
It will take about 12 more years to bring groundwater contamination back to safe levels at a site on and near the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, according to a plan military and environmental officials detailed Tuesday.
Adults and children hit the beach at 6 a.m. Fridays at Myrtle Beach State Park to search for signs of loggerhead turtles and their nests - and to clean the beach and find other ways to assist the survival of the threatened species.
Cab fare is getting a little steeper in the city of Myrtle Beach. If the City Council passes the final draft of an ordinance to raise fares, people will pay a nickel more for every 1/8-mile they travel to help drivers cover higher fuel costs. Council members passed the first draft Tuesday. The next vote is likely to take place at the Aug. 12 meeting.
Horry County Council did not decide Tuesday whether to participate in a committee created by the state legislature to investigate creating an airport authority to run the county's airports.
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