Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Grand Strand report from HERE Myrtle Beach.
Business
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — The first Wawa in South Carolina moved a step closer Thursday when the Horry County Planning Commission voted without dissent to back a land use change for a site in Little River. The convenience store would sit where Water Grande Boulevard meets S.C. Highway 9, with…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
From Merger Monday
A joint venture of PGIM, Stiles Corp. and Hensler Development refinanced Peabody Union, a new mixed-use tower in downtown Nashville, Tenn., with a $310 million bridge loan from Blackstone’s real-estate debt business. Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies provided the loan, which has a three-year term and two one-year extension options. A…
Public Safety
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Myrtle Beach Fire Department is marking nine decades on the Grand Strand, tracing a line from a 1936 volunteer outfit to the career force that answers fire, flood and hurricane calls today. Spokesman Capt. Johnathan Evans said October 14 marked the department 90th birthday and…
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