Conway Bypass Opens Amid Weekend Traffic Backups
Traffic on the Conway Bypass this opening weekend backed up up to six miles as 100,000 Harley Davidson riders and beachgoers tested the new 28 mile toll free route. State officials urged alternate routes and altered traffic signals to ease the Memorial Day exodus.
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Myrtle Beach
Mes
David Nivens
Charlotte
N.C
Nivens
Horry County
Myrtle
State ‘Transportation Department
Highway 501
U.S. 501
Grand Strand
Tay
Transportation Department
Stephen Greene
Myrtle Beach Area
Morgan Martin
Transportation Department Commission
Aynor
South Carolina beaches rated well by Surfrider Foundation
South Carolina's 180 plus miles of beaches earned good overall ratings in a Surfrider Foundation report. Officials cite improved water quality monitoring and a yellow flag upgrade from red, with weekly tests in Beaufort and Horry counties and biweekly tests in Georgetown and Charleston counties.
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Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Surfrider Foundation
Chad Nelson
Surfrider
Bill Kiser
State Department of Health and Environmental Control
Beaufort
Horry
Georgetown
Charleston
Eiser
Darlington Woman Sentenced 15 Years in Stabbing Death
Paula Lewis, 25, was sentenced to 15 years after being convicted of stabbing Jessica Tadlock during a June 1999 fight. She received 10 years for voluntary manslaughter and 5 years for the other charge, to run consecutively.
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Columbia
Darlington
Paula Lewis
Jessica Tadlock
Congressmen press final plan for backup dam at Lake Murray
Eight lawmakers urge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to settle on a final engineering design for a new earthquake safety wall at Lake Murray. They warn rising costs from 59 million to 250 million and delays threaten the dam’s flood protection and continued lake benefits.
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Lake Murray
Columbia
South Carolina
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Commission
Strom Thurmond
Fritz Hollings
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