Belmont News

When President Bush sought support for the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement a few years ago, Harding Stowe, chairman of RL Stowe Mills, hosted the president at his plant in Belmont, N.C. The reason, Stowe said, was the Bush administration's promise to strictly enforce trade preference rules in CAFTA.

A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was stabbed in the Belmont community just north of uptown Tuesday night.

Gun training is something many people are looking for these days. With the political climate leaning towards anti gun laws people want to get guns now.

Police say a man who called 911 to report breaking and entering was drunk and just wanted to keep his landlord from being upset about a broken door, according to an arrest warrant and affidavit.

Bill Starnes' declaration of independence was the wind in his hair. On Independence Day, Starnes removed his motorcycle helmet for a brief ride from Belmont to Gastonia.

They are from Concord and were spending the day on their uncle Jason Thompson's boat with their family.

Charlotte's water supply is at risk from coal-ash basins at Duke Energy's Riverbend power plant on Mountain Island Lake, the Catawba riverkeeper charged Tuesday.

Two coal ash storage sites in Gaston County have been slated for inspection to ensure public safety.

Brian Buchanan used to take a treadmill or two from struggling health club owners.

Belmont residents will have a chance to "Eat More Chiken" in October. Chick-fil-A broke ground on N.C. 273 recently, tearing down the vacant Japanese restaurant, Niyoshi.

CVS LLC has submitted plans to the city of Belmont for a new pharmacy on the front side of Ray McKenney's former Chevrolet dealership on Wilkinson Boulevard.

Critics say toll road ideas full of potholes, "It's a bait and switch' June 23, 2009 - 11:51 PM Michael Barrett Residents who turned out to condemn a proposed toll road through southern Gaston County on Tuesday know they're still far from cutting the project off at the knees.

The harvest came before the planting Saturday. When Tom Fisher bought flowers for a landscaping project at Belmont Middle School, Ford's Seed & Plants reaped a bumper crop of cash.

A Gastonia man faces a shoplifting charge for allegedly stuffing more than two dozen fishing lures in his shorts at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Belmont.

David Bratcher has a developmental disability, but he also has his own business and he's only 22 years old.

Real estate transactions represent transfer of real property recorded with the Gaston County Register of Deeds.

Mike Upton can't think of a better way to spend a day then casting a line on the Catawba River.

Brett Bumeter used to work in an Atlanta-area high rise, now his office is a wooden fishing dock on Lake Wylie.

The best cornbread recipes are often older than dirt and passed down from generation to generation.

Gazette reporter Corey Friedman is in courtroom now waiting for the jury to return.