Tourism outlook for 2010 topic of meeting on South Carolina’s Grand Strand
South Carolina tourism officials get 2010 outlook Man pleads guilty, fined in burn that rekindled into SC’s most destructive wildfire
Man pleads guilty for burn that became SC wildfire Man pleads guilty, fined in most destructive wildfire in SC history; says he’s unfairly blamed
Man pleads guilty, fined in massive SC wildfire SC Republican legislators vent anger over governor’s affair, call for resignation, impeachmentMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Republican legislators fumed Saturday over Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair and questionable travel, though they stopped short of trying to force his resignation or impeachment before they return to the Statehouse in January. Snug as a rug: Toupee wearer’s hairpiece survives South Carolina roller coaster rideMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The owner of a South Carolina hair replacement business says a Myrtle Beach roller coaster isn’t nearly as hair-raising as the commercials claim. A television ad shows the 150-foot-tall Time Machine at Freestyle Music Park moving so fast that a man loses his hairpiece. But Dennis Murphy, who owns a hair replacement business, says the ad puts toupees in a bad light. South Carolina woman arrested for allegedly writing fake doctor’s notes for studentsMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Students have been known to try to fake a doctor’s note to get out of school. A South Carolina woman has now been arrested and accused of writing fake doctor’s notes for four students. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Wednesday that 45-year-old Naomi Antoinette Aranda was charged with forgery. Horry County police said she wrote notes for four students at Socastee High School, including her own child. SC residents who lost everything in wildfire want to know why warnings came so lateMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Residents who lost everything in an April wildfire are asking why officials gave them just minutes to evacuate when flames had been raging for most of the previous day. Battle to ban bikers in South Carolina beach town comes during tough economic timesMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — In the midst of a recession and with loads of empty hotel rooms, South Carolina’s vacation hot spot is hanging a “No Vacancy” sign for hundreds of thousands of motorcycle riders who have come here each May. SC police say 1 of a number of tips leads to search in rivers for missing NY teenMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Police in South Carolina looking for a missing 17-year-old New York girl are searching a couple of rivers and a highway about 30 miles south of Myrtle Beach. Firefighters have good day battling huge SC blaze; coastal wildfire now 80 percent containedMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Carolina forestry officials say a coastal wildfire that has burned 31 square miles is now 80 percent contained. Accused of setting yard fire that mushroomed, man wonders why SC firefighters not taking blameCONWAY, S.C. — Marc Torchi and his family have been getting death threats since South Carolina officials blamed him for the wildfire that has destroyed more than 70 homes and scorched 31 square miles, causing an estimated $16 million in damage. SC forest fire chief blames massive wildfire on small blaze that firefighters thought was outMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Firefighters responded twice to a yard fire that South Carolina officials believe rekindled four days later, igniting a massive blaze that had destroyed more than 70 homes and continued to char 31 square miles near Myrtle Beach on Friday. SC forest fire chief says local firefighters thought small blaze that caused huge fire was outMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Carolina’s forest fire chief says local firefighters thought they’d extinguished a yard fire last weekend that rekindled days later, destroying some 70 homes and charring 31 square miles near Myrtle Beach. SC forest fire chief says yard debris burn started massive blaze that has destroyed 70 homesMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Carolina’s forest fire chief says a blaze set by a person burning yard debris caused the raging wildfire that has destroyed 70 homes near Myrtle Beach. Early damage estimate in SC coastal wildfire is $8.3 million; some evacuees allowed back homeMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Officials say a wildfire that is burning for a third day near the South Carolina coast has caused more than $8 million in damage. South Carolina wildfire, biggest in decades, destroys homes at random; new wind in forecastMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Carolina’s worst wildfire in at least three decades threatened to intensify Friday after a lull overnight, when calm winds and firebreaks helped contain the blaze that demolished homes and roared through woods just miles from the most-populated stretch of the state’s tourist beaches. Calm winds limit spread of wildfire near Myrtle Beach. S.C.; northern turn expectedMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Firefighters say calm winds overnight allowed them to hold steady against a wildfire that has burned 31 square miles near one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist areas. Calm winds limit spread of wildfire near SC coast overnight; northern turn expectedMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Firefighters say calm winds overnight allowed them to hold steady against a wildfire that has burned 31 square miles near one of South Carolina’s busiest tourist areas. South Carolina wildfire, biggest in decades, destroys homes at random; northern turn expectedMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Spurting embers from a wildfire destroyed dozens of homes but left others among them untouched as it began turning away from the most-populated stretch of South Carolina’s beaches. SC’s Freestyle Music Park unveils rides for the younger set, prepares to open in late MayMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Hard Rock Park is gone but visitors to the new Freestyle Music Park opening in its place can still “Get Off My Cloud” and “Fly Like an Eagle.” Firefighters say SC wildfire that charred 3,000 acres spreading near popular Myrtle BeachNORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina after destroying more than three dozen homes. Firefighters fear heavy winds could keep spreading SC wildfire near popular Myrtle BeachMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Firefighters fear another day of strong winds and low humidity could keep spreading a coastal wildfire that has charred thousands of acres and spread smoke over some of the busiest tourist spots in South Carolina. Wind-whipped SC wildfire chars 3,000 acres, destroys home; smoke blows over busy tourist spotsMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A rapidly spreading coastal wildfire destroyed one home and forced dozens of people to flee their houses Wednesday as high winds fanned the flames and blew walls of smoke over some of the busiest tourists spots in South Carolina. |
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