WRAL reported Friday night that a Lee County District Court judge allegedly displayed a firearm in court on July 17. The North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts told The Rant Friday ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com An unaffiliated voter in the Deep River area has qualified as a write in candidate for the Lee County Board of Commissioners seat held by Republican ...

A state elections official recommended eliminating Sunday from the county’s early voting schedule in the 2026 general election to two members of the Lee County Board of Elections, according to public ...

The Lee County Board of Commissioners appointed Republican Eric Davidson Monday night to fill a vacancy left when Taylor Vorbeck resigned earlier in July. The board voted unanimously to appoint ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Lee County Republican Party has recommended school board member Eric Davidson to fill the vacancy left by Republican Taylor Vorbeck’s resignation ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Republican Taylor Vorbeck resigned from the Lee County Board of Commissioners at the end of Monday night’s meeting. Vorbeck made the announcement just 10 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The return address field on the packet I found in The Rant’s mailbox on June 19 was labeled “Envoy of the One True Colon,” out of Colon, Michigan.

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com Nearly 20 people addressed the Lee County Board of Commissioners on Monday, expressing opposition to a proposed data center on Lower Moncure Road. The data ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com Sanford and Lee County may be poised to land another major economic development project that could bring as many as 335 new fulltime jobs and a tax base ...

The Sanford-Lee County Planning Department’s Technical Review Committee will consider a proposal later this month for a multi-tenant commercial building in Tramway that would, if approved, ...