Belmont News

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.

The trial of a woman accused of killing a tractor-trailer driver in a drunken driving wreck last summer began Monday morning in Gaston County Superior Court.

Business at Belmont Bicycles may not be running as usual, but it's pretty close, according to Julie Cherry.

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday gave its blessing to a bill that would allow the city of Belmont to annex the Seven Oaks Farm in southeastern Gaston County.

By Amy Wadsworth Public Information Coordinator Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties Health Check Coordinators, Evadne Herndon and Pam Adams work to assure that all children in the Health Check Coordination Program receive regular well child checkups and childhood immunizations.

A 24-year-old Belmont woman faces a charge of making a false report to a police station related to an alleged sexual assault.