By Gordon Anderson | gordon@rantnc.com The Lee County Board of Commissioners will switch nearly half of its regularly scheduled meetings for 2026 into a work session format that doesn’t ...

A group of Lee County Schools employees has reason to feel vindicated after a vote by the county Board of Commissioners on January 16 that will fund a salary increase. LCS’ 600-plus classified ...

Lacy Jarman is a nursing student at CCCC’s Chatham Health Sciences Center. Jarman and her classmates will enter a nursing profession that could see a shortage of as many as 12,500 men and women in ...

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The Mr. Gatti’s pizza buffet which opened in July has closed after less than a year in business, according to a sign posted on the restaurant’s window earlier this week. Gatti’s had a Sanford location ...

Marc Mason, a Republican who filed in December to seek a seat on the Lee County Board of Education in the 2026 election, has been appointed to fill a vacancy created when member Megan Garner, also a ...