Dylan Ortuno

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Dylan Ortuno

MYRTLE BEACH — One of Horry County's fastest-growing communities could get a YMCA that includes a natatorium with an Olympic-sized pool. Carolina Forest, a suburban area between Myrtle Beach and Conway, could have a new Y building by the end of the decade, the organization's leaders confirmed this month. The facility would be built near the intersection of Augusta Plantation Drive and River Oaks Drive.

4 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Dylan Ortuno

MYRTLE BEACH — Some Horry County Schools students will get a chance to jumpstart their careers with an exclusive look at how the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic operates. More than 250 local high school students in marketing, culinary services, and hospitality and turf management programs will be invited from 9:30-11 a.m. April 14 for a "hands-on, behind-the-scenes look" at how the event is managed, according to a news release from Myrtle Beach's PGA Tour event.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Dylan Ortuno

MYRTLE BEACH — Chad Caton was asleep in his Myrtle Beach-area home alongside his wife and dog when he heard what sounded like a car crashing into his front door early March 17. Thinking an intruder was breaking in, he immediately grabbed his gun. Then he reconsidered. "I realized that I think I’m being swatted, so of course I (dropped) the gun, left it, and I went out to the living room,” Caton said.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Dylan Ortuno

CONWAY — With Horry County Council set to vote today on allowing Shibumi Shade on county beaches, the company hopes county leaders will look at how other communities have warmed to wind-driven shade in recent years. At some North Carolina beaches, Shibumis and similar products weren't allowed until local leaders decided to give them a trial period similar to the one county leaders have proposed.

1 month ago | postandcourier.com | Dylan Ortuno

CONWAY — Swaths of "The Surf Turf" could soon become keepsakes for Coastal Carolina diehards. The university's athletics department plans to replace the teal turf at Brooks Stadium later this year, and CCU officials want the old turf to find new life with Chants supporters, some of whom have already made specific requests.  "A lot of them want the middle Chanticleer head," said Chance Miller, CCU's vice president of athletics and recreation.