In-demand AI data centers require huge amounts of energy, and companies are turning to areas rich in natural gas (like lee county) for possible solutions By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com If ...

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The Rant is a news site based in Sanford, North Carolina, covering news and features in our region. The Rant is run by former journalists. The Rant loves you.

The Rant is a news site based in Sanford, North Carolina, covering news and features in our region. The Rant is run by former journalists. The Rant loves you.

North Carolina Senate District 12 Democratic candidate Tanya White Anderson (left) has challenged the residency of fellow Democratic candidate Jheri Hardaway (right). Photos: Facebook The ...

By Richard Sullins | richard@rantnc.com The Lee County Board of Commissioners instructed county staff on Friday to prepare a draft ordinance that names MedEx of Ahoskie as the county’s next ...

When the Sanford City Council approved the Vermillion residential development last July, a familiar set of events played out. Vermillion, to be the county’s largest-ever housing development, will ...

Lee County sheriff’s deputies have charged a Lemon Springs man with murder in connection with the death of his partner. Randall Lee Stark, 66, of River Run Drive in Lee County faces one count of first ...

Before there was a United States, what is now North Carolina was home to indigenous tribes for thousands of years. Their stories, traditions and heartache have gone mostly untaught in our history ...

What began as a small, rural airstrip at the northern end of Lee County has blossomed into an economic engine with a $61 million annual impact on the region In 2014, Geoff Myers was living in ...

Hayley Redding teaches ELA and social studies at Western Harnett Middle School near the Barbecue community in Harnett County. The 2014 Campbell University graduate said she chose to teach in a rural ...