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What West Boulevard is worth

A two-hour walk with Rickey Hall through the neighborhood he’s spent his life defending. And why he now wants his neighbors to stop fighting the I-77 toll lanes and name their price.
Sep 9

Charlottes Other Lost Films

It’s not just Hunting Wives. Two prominent filmmakers were planning to shoot in Charlotte — one of them the granddaughter of the man who made It’s a Wonderful Life, the other a Broadway legend. Then North Carolina’s film money ran out.
Sep 2

Communications is everything in Charlotte

Charlotte has about seven PR pros for every journalist. The gap between who can design their message and who can survive a bad one shapes everything you know about this city.
Aug 25

It's Been Real: Why Queen City Nerve closed

Queen City Nerve closed in mid-August 2026, eight years after rising from Creative Loafing’s ashes to become Charlotte’s new alt-weekly. Here’s what actually happened, and what Charlotte will miss about it.
Aug 11

Rock Hill's rebound

Four years removed from a failed project with the Panthers, Rock Hill is now moving on. The city just landed 1,500 six-figure jobs from Octapharma and a large investment from Novant. But there's more beneath the surface, in places like Baxter Mill Arch...
Jul 28

Let's Build a Bridge

Dae-Lee Arrington is mounting a campaign to reconnect the people who run Charlotte — before the city’s biggest decisions arrive this fall. He started by asking nine of the city’s most accomplished artists to make a song.
Jul 24

Raise Em Up

While Charlotte debates a curfew, Monique Perry-Graves and Road to Hire are staging a different kind of teen takeover.

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Charlotte's essential Sunday read

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