Feature Stories
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VIPR Team Deployed in Charlotte, Muddling Up CATS Policing Further
On March 3, nearly three weeks after the murder of Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) bus operator Ethan Rivera led to calls for enhanced safety measures on public transit, the official CATS Twitter account tweeted out three grainy surveillance photos showing federal agents patrolling the Uptown transit center. “As CATS…
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Workers Speak Out About Toxic Atmosphere at 5th Street Group Restaurants
PUBLISHER’S NOTE [9/13/22]: On Sept. 12, a statement was released by the author of this article after meeting with the subjects of the article. Queen City Nerve was not informed of the statement before it was made, nor were any members of this publication privy to the apparent private meeting…
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Eastland Flea Market Vendors and Skaters Search for New Home
When local mother and entrepreneur Maria, whose name has been changed by her request to preserve her family’s privacy, walked into her first Charlotte City Council meeting on Feb. 14, she hoped to get some answers. What she saw was more of the same. Maria had been outside with some…
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Mutual Aid Free Store Works With Displaced Neighbors
Luke was the first, and perhaps most senior, team member with the Mutual Aid Free Store (MAFS) that I had the privilege to meet. He welcomed me by jumping up on me and licking my face. Yes, Luke is a dog. “Luke’s the star of the show,” said fellow team…
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Former Staff Speaks Out About Issues at Mecklenburg County Jail
The first time Hope Abraham laid eyes on Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden was directly following his swearing in on Dec. 4, 2018. McFadden was doing his rounds to introduce himself to all his new officers and staff. Abraham, then a 22-year veteran of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, was…
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Opioid Addiction Treatment in N.C. Not Separate but Still Unequal
John Woodyear is a primary care physician who specializes in addiction treatment. On most days, his waiting room at the Family Care Clinic & Associates is filled with patients waiting to get their prescription for buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid substance use disorder (SUD) sold under the brand names…
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Vision Zero Faces Challenges in Eliminating Traffic Fatalities in Charlotte
In response to a troubling increase in traffic fatalities over the past decade, the city of Charlotte developed the Vision Zero program in 2018 as part of Charlotte Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) 2019-2030 Transportation Action Plan, with a goal to bring down the number of crashes and traffic-related deaths and…
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Queen City Nerve’s Most Read Stories of 2021
Near the end of each year, we provide a listing of the stories we’ve published over the past 12 months that our readers have most engaged with. It gives a glimpse at where folks’ minds have been and what they’ve been most interested in as of late, and there are…
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Gender Support Plan Gives Trans CMS Students Agency Over Transition
The year 2020 was one of intense change for Josephine*, now a high school student in Charlotte. First, there was the sudden switch to virtual learning with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, with the first lockdown still underway, Josephine graduated from eighth grade and moved on to high…
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ABC Struggles With Liquor Shortage in Mecklenburg County
In a public Facebook post on Oct. 20, the owner of a popular cocktail bar in Charlotte posted a screenshot of a North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control (NC ABC) liquor order he was attempting to fill out online. In the picture, 15 of the 16 available brands in the frame…
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‘Striketober’ or Not, Local Labor Organizers Have Had a Busy Year
Over the past month, labor organizers and workers across the United States have called on their employers to provide better wages and labor practices in what union advocates are calling “Striketober.” High-profile strikes at John Deere and Kellogg’s manufacturing plants as well as Warrior Met Coal Mining in Alabama have…
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Yoga Instructors Call for Monetary Payments at Whitewater Center
Each year, the U.S. National Whitewater Center’s Flow Fest draws hundreds of wellness enthusiasts for a day of meditation, yoga and healing against the calming backdrop of nature. The event, packed with free classes and workshops, aims to invigorate both the curious first timer and the seasoned yogi, bringing all…
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Jacobo Strimling Honors Rafael Prieto in First of ‘Charloteanos’ Series
While Hispanic Heritage Month has been observed since it was expanded from a week into a 30-day period between Sept. 15-Oct. 15 in 1988, folks like Jacobo Strimling are aware that stories within the Hispanic and Latinx communities deserve the spotlight year-round. That’s especially true in a city like Charlotte…
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Charlotte Man Retains Lawyer After Viral, Violent Cabarrus County Arrest
A man whose arrest by the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office and Concord Police Department went viral has retained legal representation after many who viewed video of the incident said police violently overreacted. The video depicts the Aug. 27 arrest of Davion Pringle at a Cabarrus County gas station, during which…
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Four Local Schools Face Threats While State Legislators Call for Gun Safety Laws
“That was my first school threat,” Xavier said nonchalantly, as if to be a freshman in an American high school in 2021 meant one should expect gun violence or the threat of such to rear its head at some point. For him, it took just over two weeks. A freshman…
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Plans for Monroe Road Streetscape Rankle Existing Business Owners
City of Charlotte planners are altering their vision for 10-foot-wide bike and pedestrian paths on Monroe Road after hearing feedback from some Oakhurst businesses and property owners in recent weeks. The paths, which would include additional 8-foot-wide planting strips separating the bike paths from the roadway, were planned for both…
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