http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/ Horry County, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/b86be95120eed96021a126354bbfea75.html With a burst of cheers and applause St James High School kicked off its first Winter Special Olympics shortly after 10 am Thursday in Murrells InletpSpecialneeds students from 11 schools throughout Horry County rotated in and out of stations testing their basketball skills or played carnivalstyle games built by the school's math departmentpThe day was the brainchild and senior project of student Anthony Morreale St James High School seniors are required to create and complete a project and present it to a panel of judges before graduating http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/901983117d0421da71461b4c10db4d82.html Horry County's gate saga continued Thursday when a county committee recommended giving a homeowners'association ownership of a public road and letting the group keep up a gate it says helps block cutthrough traffic in the subdivisionpThe agreement would settle a lawsuit against the county filed by the Myrtle Trace Homeowners Association after the county said in 2007 that the gate blocking access to Myrtle Trace Drive from Myrtle Ridge Drive must be removedpAt issue was whether the county should continue to pay for the upkeep of Myrtle Trace Drive even if the gate blocks access to the road Residents of Myrtle Trace a retirement community said traffic posed a safety risk http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/439b2e10b0d10c03233238c5716eb8ba.html State troopers during the recent holiday period made more arrests for driving under the influence violations in Horry County than any in other county in the state according to SC Highway Patrol figurespTroopers issued 33 DUI citations in Horry County from Dec 31 to Jan 4 said Sid Gaulden state Department of Public Safety spokesmanpThe Highway Patrol increased patrols during that period in a effort to make travel safer and reduce traffic fatalities http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/331270f0c12b079633ac9f59ddf52c45.html The Horry County Humane Society animal shelter had a tumultuous reopening Thursday after being closed since Dec 8 because of an outbreak of canine distemperpSoon after the 8 am opening there was turmoil when roughly 15 cats with panleukemia an often fatal feline virus likened to distemper had to be euthanized and the shelter's interim director Andree Frohmann resigned her position after 20 days on the jobpFrohmann said she could no longer serve in the position because moving the shelter forward had become difficult due to the vocal disagreements between the shelter's staff and the board of directors http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/6fae1c9c39b0aa28875c8bcb832ae4c4.html Unsure of whether they will qualify for the federal government's National Estuary Program local and state officials are turning to each other to protect the Murrells Inlet creek systempIt doesn't matter if we are considered an estuary or notsaid Jim Wilkie a board member of the community revitalization group Murrells Inlet 2007 We can do everything we want to protect the inlet working togetherpHe said it would be a longterm effort http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/a1fc5403d9cb29f39f9145aebe81cb0f.html Officials at the Horry County Humane Society say another outbreak has caused 15 cats to be euthanized Thursday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/dffcdc678de2c6e095dbdf4f26258b3d.html Horry County Councilman Al Allen has sent a letter to other council members and to the Horry County Humane Society asking that board president Kate Philips resign her position immediatelypCounty Council Chairwoman Liz Gilland said the situation at the shelter in Conway off US 701 has been changing on a daily basis and said she has heard about the letter but has not seen itpThe letter calls for the resignation of the board president It is not the official stance of the council''Gilland said I don't know the most recent details of what's been going on I don't know who's to blame or if there's blame at all'' http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/horry-county/content/c56d5f7a21741d7d2c43eaf34951840a.html Atlantic Beach's mayoral election next week will proceed as a twocandidate redo of its November 2007 contest after the state Supreme Court decided Thursday to stand by last month's order for itpSuspended Mayor Irene Armstrong will face Councilwoman Retha Pierce on the ballot without any space for writein candidates just as the court ordered Dec 15 With the decision now in place Horry County director of elections Sandy Martin said her office can begin putting together the electronic ballot for Tuesday's electionpI'm assuming we're going to carry on with the two names as planned''Martin said