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Industrial automation company KNOLL America will locate its U.S. headquarters in Gaston County. The company makes conveyor and filtration systems.
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CaroMont Health on Tuesday marked the start of construction on a new hospital and medical campus in Belmont. The hospital, which was first proposed in 2019, will be CaroMont’s second in Gaston County and is scheduled to open in 2023.
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School districts across North Carolina are scrambling to find teachers willing to take on six more weeks during the summer.
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Gaston County Man Who Drove SUV Into Restaurant, Killing 2 Relatives, Sentenced To At Least 38 YearsFormer Gaston County businessman Roger Self has been sentenced to at least 38 years in prison for driving an SUV into a crowded restaurant in May 2018, killing his daughter and daughter-in-law, and seriously injuring his son and wife.
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Gaston County announced Wednesday that a Swedish plastics company is opening its first North American location in Gastonia’s Technology Park.
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Gaston County District Attorney Locke Bell says he has significant concerns about the county's newly approved mass gathering ordinance that creates new rules for people who want to protest on county property, and he says parts of it will be "very, very difficult, if not impossible, to enforce."
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People who wish to hold a protest or other event on county property in Gaston County will now need permission ahead of time, according to a new ordinance approved Tuesday night by Gaston County commissioners.
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Gaston County is making plans to replace some aging voting machines this year with help from a federal grant. Election officials hope to swap out 55 machines to aid voters with disabilities.
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WFAE's "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks with The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia to break down Charlotte City Council's opposition to single-family-only zoning in the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Also in this week's BizWorthy: Some thoughts on how to return to the office from remote work, and what the Gastonia mayor thinks of Charlotte being labeled "gateway to Gastonia."
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A Gastonia police officer shot a woman officers claim was armed with a gun early Monday morning.