The Observer has been the recipient of numerous awards presented by the South Carolina Press Association for feature writing, sports coverage, layout and design. It can be found in businesses and boxes throughout the Waccamaw Neck region at a cost of 25 per issue. A well-established local newspaper, The Georgetown Times is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and covers events in Georgetown and its surrounding communities. You'll find copies in news racks throughout the county for 25 apiece. Alternatives is considered a magazine by content only, since an issue is actually slightly smaller and glossier than a broadsheet newspaper.
Articles focus more on ideas or concepts than on reporting news.
Local cultural events are always listed thoroughly in Alternatives . It is published twice a month, every other Thursday. Published bimonthly, it provides extensive coverage of personalities, issues and the history of the Pee Dee region, which includes the Grand Strand and Florence, South Carolina, areas. Popular features of Pee Dee Magazine are the recipe section, book reviews, featured homes of architectural or historical interest and travel scoops covering an interesting daytrip or extensive trek to a foreign land. On any given day, your favorite country-music DJ might disappear from the airwaves, only to be heard farther down the dial hawking the latest rap tunes.