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 ...

By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com A state elections official recommended eliminating Sunday from the county’s early voting schedule in the 2026 general election to two members of the ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The Lee County Board of Commissioners appointed Republican Eric Davidson Monday night to fill a vacancy left when Taylor Vorbeck resigned earlier in July.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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. “Verified noncompliant,” screamed official red ...

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 ...

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, include a ...