Odds rise that 2016 could be hottest year on record
NOAA and NASA data show April 2016 as the warmest on record, marking the twelfth consecutive month above average. global temperatures hover around 2.7 F above pre industrial levels, driven mainly by long term greenhouse warming despite a strong El Nino. The April average was 1.98 F above the 20th century mean, surpassing 2010's previous April record by 0.5 F.
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NASA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Obituary notices listed for multiple North and South Carolina residents
A long obituary listing appears with names and ages including Sookie Burrus Peggy Brigman Lorenzo Puccio William Elrod Marshall Willis Oma LeCroy Sterling Littlejohn Theresa Graham Adair Rudolph Bryl Mary Tessneer Edna Hawkins Andrew Lewis Jr James Bennett Holly Coyne Kenneth Morgan Bernard Morrison David Hamrick Roy Jones Daniel Berry Samuel Smiley Renn Long Cliff Ann Lewis and others. A note promotes a forthcoming special quarterly remembrance section.
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Sookie Burrus
Morganton
Peggy Brigman
Rockingham
Lorenzo Puccio
William Elrod
Gastonia
Marshall Willis Sr
Oma LeCroy
Sterling Littlejohn Is
Theresa Graham
Grover
S.C
Adair
Dallas
Rudolph Bryl
Forest City
Mary Tessneer
Bostic
Edna Hawkins
Andrew Lewis
Belmont incubator decision sparks Gastonia anger
A county steering committee unanimously awarded Belmont the GIGworks small business incubator with 975000 in Gaston County funding. Gastonia officials criticized the site choice while Loray Mill in Gastonia is set as a future secondary location for the internet incubator concept, expansion to be driven by demand and funds.
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Belmont
Gastonia
Gaston County
Loray
Father's Day: Four generations at Costner Funeral Home
Russell Costner runs Costner Funeral Home on West Franklin Boulevard with a businesslike approach learned from his father Albert Eugene. The family funeral home has operated since 1939, beginning with Costner's grandfather who bought the business serving the Highland community of Gastonia.
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Russell Costner
Costner
Albert Eugene
Costner Funeral Home
West Franklin Boulevard
Charles W. Costner Sr
West Franklin Blvd
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
Vigil in Gastonia honors 49 Orlando victims
A tearful Saturday vigil in Gastonia gathered more than 100 people from diverse backgrounds at the Rotary Centennial Pavilion to remember the 49 lives lost in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Speakers included clergy, politicians and law enforcement as city officials urged resilience.
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Noah Cartagena
Karen Turner
Orlando
Rotary Centennial Pavilion
Gastonia
Mike Hensdill
the Gazette
Gaston
Rotary Centennial
Robert Kellogg
Florida
Omar Mateen
Pulse
U.S
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