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Gaston County School leaders welcomed students back for 2024-25 school year
Gaston County Schools Superintendent Morgen Houchard joined Robinson Elementary School Principal William Winston in welcoming elementary school students to class on the first day of school Wednesday. Winston, a 16-year educator who was formerly the assistant principal at Hunter Huss High School, said the biggest difference he has noticed so far between high...
Gaston County students return for first day of school on Wednesday
GASTONIA, N.C. — More than 30,000 students had their first day of school today in the Gaston County Schools district. As dozens of cars and SUVs pulled up to the sidewalk of Robinson Elementary, each student was greeted by a teacher or staff member -- and many were greeted by the superintendent himself, Morgen Houchard.
Gaston County schools expanding farm-to-school program
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — As kids prepare to go back to school this week, officials with Gaston County Schools are preparing to provide more healthy options in the lunchroom. The district is planning on expanding its farm-to-school program to ensure the garden is producing fresh, nutritious food year-round. To...
Woman left with few options after tropical storm
After a tropical storm destroyed Elizabeth Combs' house and vehicle last week, Combs and her 9-year-old daughter, Elisa, were left without even a car to live in. Since then, Combs has been staying at area motels, first Econo Lodge, and now Chester Inn. ...
'Dumbfounded': Couple shocked to learn Mercedes they bought from Gastonia dealer was a lemon
GASTONIA, N.C. — Carla Zabal thought she knew what she was getting when she bought her 2005 Mercedes-Benz convertible from a Gaston County dealer last August. However, the old car turned out to be a lemon. Months later, Zabal received a letter from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles that retitled her used car purchase as a lemon.
Company pulls project, changes course on another
Piedmont Lithium Inc. (NASDAQ: PLL) is reassessing its project plans amid less-than-favorable conditions in the lithium market.<\p> The Belmont-based company has decided not to move forward with plans to open a lithium hydroxide processing facility in Etowah, Tennessee. Instead, those planned operations will be consolidated into the company's future Carolina Lithium project in Gaston County. Piedmont Lithium announced the Tennessee project in 2022 and initially expected to open it next year.<\p>
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