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06/19/2026
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, SC-5, and Eighth Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo.
Norman endorsed Stumbo in the June 23 South Carolina Attorney General Republican runoff.
Full Story: https://myrtlebeachsc.com/norman-endorses-stumbo/
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06/19/2026
A Horry County judge has dismissed Weldon Boyd's lawsuit against attorney Mark Tinsley, who represents the family of Scott Spivey in the pending wrongful death case from the 2023 Camp Swamp Road shooting.
Judge B. Alex Hyman granted the dismissal Thursday. Boyd has 30 days to appeal. The wrongful death suit against Boyd remains active.
Full story: [https://myrtlebeachsc.com/judge-dismisses-boyd-tinsley-lawsuit/]
What should happen to Weldon Boyd?
SC AG debate
06/18/2026
Former SC Sen. Ray Cleary has endorsed Solicitor David Stumbo for state attorney general and, in a statement issued today, detailed serious allegations about Sen. Stephen Goldfinch's conduct toward the late Surfside Beach Magistrate Derek Blanton.
Cleary represented Senate District 34 before Goldfinch.
This after the entire Horry County/State area is sounding off about Goldfinch's past sketchy behavior - including Former Magistrate Judge Kin McKenzie, Curtis Loftis, with text threads from Goldfinch that are clearly damning.
The Republican runoff is June 23. Full story — link below.
Full article: https://myrtlebeachsc.com/ray-cleary-endorses-stumbo/
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Heat advisory issued for the Grand Strand
06/18/2026
🚨 FORMER STATE SENATOR DROPS A BOMBSHELL in the SC AG runoff
Former Republican State Senator Ray Cleary III has officially endorsed David Stumbo for South Carolina Attorney General — and the statement he released is one you need to read. 👇
Cleary represented Senate District 34 right here on the coast before Stephen Goldfinch succeeded him. So when the man who held that seat comes out swinging against the man who replaced him, people should pay attention.
Here's what Cleary says happened 👇
Back when Goldfinch was a practicing defense attorney and a state House member, Cleary says Goldfinch asked him to pressure Surfside Beach Magistrate Derrick Blanton into reopening a criminal domestic violence case — one where Goldfinch was representing the defendant. Cleary refused, calling it an abuse of his power.
Later, when Goldfinch ran for Cleary's Senate seat, Cleary says he agreed to endorse him on a handshake deal: that Judge Blanton would keep his seat on the bench. Cleary says Goldfinch broke that promise — declining to reappoint Blanton and ending a 28-year career.
The human cost, in Cleary's words: the move cost Blanton his state retirement AND his health insurance — while the judge was battling cancer and on kidney dialysis. Cleary believes it hastened Blanton's death in 2020. 💔
Cleary calls it "a textbook example of the abuse of legislative power" — and says he can't understand why South Carolina would trust Goldfinch as its top law enforcement officer.
His pick instead? David Stumbo — a man Cleary calls one of character and faith who'll serve the people, not himself.
🗳️ The GOP runoff for Attorney General is THIS Tuesday, June 23rd.
👉 Does Cleary's statement change your vote? Tell us in the comments.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Audio raises serious questions about a candidate for SC Attorney General
MyrtleBeachSC News has obtained a recording that captures State Senator Stephen Goldfinch pressuring Judge Kin McKenzie to step down from the bench.
On the audio, McKenzie refuses. Goldfinch's response, as we heard it: retire now — or more damaging information comes out, and he'll call on the Governor to remove you.
This is the same Stephen Goldfinch now running for South Carolina Attorney General — the state's top law enforcement office.
We're also publishing text messages between Goldfinch and Bert Von Hermann, McKenzie's attorney, so you can read the exchange and judge for yourself.
Here's why this matters beyond one judge and one senator: in South Carolina, legislators elect our judges. When a sitting senator can lean on a judge like this, it's a prima facie case for why this state needs real judicial reform. 👇
🗳️ The GOP runoff for Attorney General — Goldfinch vs. prosecutor David Stumbo — is Tuesday, June 23rd.
Should the same senators who elect our judges hold this kind of power over them? Tell us in the comments. ⬇️
🎧 Listen to the full audio + read the texts: [LINK coming for premium members]
🚨 "North Myrtle Beach can't borrow" used to be a technicality. Now it might be literal.
The city wants to float an $18 million expansion — but here's the problem nobody planned around: North Myrtle Beach currently has NO bond rating. And according to City Manager Ryan Fabbri, no lender will hand the city a dime until its 2025 audit is finished.
The catch? That audit isn't done.
Here's how a city gets locked out of the credit market 👇
✅ Lenders need a clean, current audit to judge if you can repay
✅ No audit = no bond rating
✅ No bond rating = no loan — no matter how good the project
The backstory makes it sting more. Fabbri, hired permanently in June 2025, has been blunt about what he inherited: finance operations he called "antiquated" and still largely "paper-based," plus turnover in the finance director's seat. The 2024 audit was only recently wrapped — and required multiple corrections. The 2025 one still isn't finished.
So the $18M question isn't whether the project is worth it. It's whether the city is even in a position to borrow for it yet.
By its own admission? Not yet.
Full story: https://myrtlebeachsc.com/why-north-myrtle-beach-may-have-to-wait-to-borrow/
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👉 Should North Myrtle Beach get its financial house in order BEFORE floating an $18 million expansion — or is the timing fine? Tell us below.
06/15/2026
Four Grand Strand towns just made GOBankingRates' 50 Most Livable Retirement Towns in America.
Murrells Inlet came in at #20,
Garden City right behind at #21,
North Myrtle Beach at #43,
and Little River at #49 —
the highest South Carolina entries on the list, and the only multi-coastal-state showing outside Florida and Arizona.
Which one's your favorite slice of the Strand?
[https://myrtlebeachsc.com/grand-strand-retirement-towns-ranking/]
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