Gaston County

Duke Energy recently celebrated a big birthday for one of its oldest workhorses — Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station in Gaston County, northwest of Charlotte. The dam and power station were built 100 years ago. But don't call it a historical relic. It was renewable energy before electricity's fossil-fuel era and it's expected to keep generating long after Duke closes its last coal-fired power plant in 2035.

Piedmont Lithium officials faced tough questions from Gaston County commissioners Tuesday night during the first public meeting in two years about the company's plans for a mine and processing plant.

Officials from Piedmont Lithium will update Gaston County Commissioners Tuesday night for the first time in two years on their plans for a lithium mine and processing plant near Cherryville.

Piedmont Lithium, the company that wants to build a lithium mine in northern Gaston County, says the mine won't open until 2027 at the earliest because of permitting and other delays.

The Baltimore Village School in Cramerton, North Carolina, was built in the 1920s to educate African Americans and provide skills to navigate segregation. It’s been closed for quite some time, but a former Cramerton resident stepped in to preserve its history.

Ryan Black, owner of the Blackstone Ranch in Gastonia, is one of four bachelors on the FOX TV series "Farmer Wants A Wife."

Gastonia Police Department is investigating a $80,000 jewelry robbery at a local department store.

A child died from a gunshot wound inside a home in Gaston County on Tuesday afternoon. The parents and another man living in the house have been charged.

There's a race on to mine lithium in the U.S. for electric vehicle batteries. It's part of the fight to slow global warming — and to some people a matter of national security. But to neighbors, a proposed mine in Gaston County is an impending environmental disaster.

The federal climate and health care law enacted last week has provisions aimed at boosting the U.S. electric vehicle industry. North Carolina lithium mining companies say it will help their business of supplying electric vehicle makers.