CONWAY – Conway leaders and Santee Cooper have agreed to allow Lake Busbee to return to wetlands. According to a Santee Cooper press release, the Conway City Council cemented that decision on Monday ...

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – With the possibility of losing the scenic Lake Busbee just across the street, Conway city officials are hard at work figuring out what to do with the old Grainger station site off ...

As the Busbee Lake continues to drain, life goes on. Including two new eagles who recently hatched right on the banks of the former lake. A bald eagle soars above Lake Busbee. As Santee Cooper drains ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The pumps feeding water into Lake Busbee were shut off last December following the closure and demolition of the Grainger power plant. Santee Cooper and the city of Conway ...

Santee Cooper plans to drain Lake Busbee within three months, potentially leaving behind a mud pit and dead fish. Santee Cooper plans to stopping pumping water in the lake and allow the water to drain ...

Lake Busbee is no longer a lake. Dozens of workers with pickaxes walking through the muddy remains of the lake were hard at work Tuesday planting 60,000 tree saplings across 160 acres of land. The ...

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - For the second time Sunday officials are asking drivers to avoid Highway 501 near Lake Busbee due to an accident. The information comes via a tweet from Horry County Fire Rescue: A ...

CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - It’s no secret that traffic on U.S. 501 is a nightmare, not only for people who live in Horry County but the millions who vacation here throughout the year. However, several ...

A pump sits waiting to begin draining Lake Busbee in Conway, S.C. The lake will be drained by Santee Cooper on Thursday, April 13 and the process will last approximately 30 days. Josh Bell ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - Plans are in the works to develop a new roadway that would give residents and vacationers an alternative route other than U.S. 501 near Lake Busbee. For the last decade U.S ...

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) – Contractors have started planting cypress and oak saplings in the former Lake Busbee in Conway. Tracy Vreeland with Santee Cooper said the workers will plant 60,000 saplings in ...

Santee Cooper is draining Lake Busbee on Thursday. In a month, the iconic lake along Highway 501 south of Conway will be returned to wetlands. Owned by Santee Cooper, the lake is a former cooling pond ...