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Gaston County to Hold Public Meetings on New Preliminary Flood Maps

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. – The Gaston County Planning and Zoning Department will hold public informational meetings to review and discuss the county’s new preliminary flood maps beginning in January 2024 through early February. Notices for ...

Good News Gaston: December 2023

Good News Gaston December 2023 (PDF)

Six Things to Start Your Week, Dec. 4-10

Six Things to Start Your Week:

1. Monday, Dec. 4 – Candidate Filing Begins Partisan candidate filing for the 2024 elections begins at noon.
2. Thursday, Dec. 7 – A Taste of Healthy Holiday Foods The Gaston County Cooperative Extensio...

Gaston County Awarded awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting

(Chicago, Illinois)—Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Gaston County for its annual comprehensive financial report fo...

Gaston County Police Drone Unit Locates Missing Juvenile

Gaston County (November 27, 2023, 3:00pm):  On Saturday, November 18th, 2023, the Gaston County Police Department’s Drone Unit was activated to assist in a search for a missing, endangered juvenile.  County Police patrol office...

Gaston County Tourism Receives Achievement Awards from State Association

BELMONT, N.C. – Gaston County Tourism Development has reason to celebrate after receiving two 2023 Tourism Achievement Awards from the North Carolina Travel Industry Association (NCTIA) during its Tourism Leadership Conference in Raleigh earlier...

Recycle Beyond the Bag

In partnership with Keep Gastonia Beautiful, Inc. and Trex Company, you can now recycle plastic bags, wrap, and other plastic film at all seven Gaston County Recycling Centers. For every 1,000 lbs. of plastic bags and film recycled here, Trex will donate ...

'Hope for the Holidays' Returns to Help Families, Children in Need

GASTONIA, N.C. – After serving more than 1,200 children last year, The Lighthouse Children’s Advocacy Center will host ‘Hope for the Holidays (PDF)’ for its second year, with the aim of serving even more members of ...

Museum Receives Significant Donation From Famed Artist's Family

DALLAS, N.C. – The Gaston County Museum of Art & History announces a ground-breaking gift of 250 works by Gastonia native John T. Biggers from the Hazel Biggers Trust -- one of the largest single collections of works on paper from the signif...

Gaston County DHHS Teams Honored for Child Safety Work

CONCORD, N.C. – The Gaston County Department of Health and Human Services saw two of its teams honored recently at the North Carolina Public Health Association’s fall conference in Concord. The Community Child Protection Team and Child...

Gaston County Housing Rehab Program Awarded

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Gaston County Housing Rehabilitation program was awarded this week by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency at the organization’s NC Affordable Housing Awards in Raleigh. Gaston County’s program was th...

Police Announce Public Comment Portal for Feedback on Accreditation

Gaston County Police Department is a CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) accredited agency and as part of this process, we announce the availability of the CALEA Public Comment Portal for feedback on our performance as a publi...

Notice of Data Event

August 17, 2023 – EMS Management and Consultants, Inc. (“EMS|MC”) recently notified certain of its EMS agency customers of an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to ce...

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