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The stories of Ashevillians are being ignored. In working to survive, trying to get a COVID-19 test and seeing their communities in danger they all show a very different reality of the pandemic from the breathless coverage of tourism barons and economic forecasts Above: Asheville…

Gift subscriptions! Awesome stuff from great local places! A chance to keep local journalism fighting into the next year! All this and more as the Blade thanks our readers for their support Yes readers, it’s that time of year again. The Blade relies on the…

The Blade depends on reader support. This year, we’ve got gift subscriptions, awesome stuff from lovely local places and more as our way of saying thanks to our readers Welcome back, readers. It’s been a whirlwind of a year for our city and for the…

A thicket of complicated issues, from the Airbnb spectre to a bus system overhaul to the “fake repeal” of HB2, hit City Hall during an unusual summer Above: a portion of the city’s new zoning maps for the River Arts District This summer’s not been…

Join us for the Blade’s third Birthday Bash and celebrate three years of journalism, sharp perspectives and fighting for the city we love Above: Fireworks over downtown, photo by Bill Rhodes On June 13, the Blade‘s third anniversary rolled around. While it was perhaps appropriate…

Old wounds, segregation, a lack of transparency and skyrocketing costs all collide as the city’s ambitious plans to overhaul the river district flounder Above: A painting from the cover to the 2004 Wilma Dykeman Riverway plan, depicting part of the imagined future River Arts District.…

Prizes! Gift subscriptions! Journalism! All part of our winter fund drive so we can keep fighting, with your help, in the year to come Welcome back, readers. It’s been a hell of a year, and through all the upsets, setbacks, tragedies and victories the Blade has…

Housing, inequity, the powers of county staff, HB2, education, development and more in our questionnaires for the candidates for the Buncombe County chair and commissioner seats Above: the Buncombe County Courthouse  Welcome back, readers. We’re in the middle of early voting right now. Today you…

Rewards! Gift subscriptions! Journalism! All that and more as the Blade launches its winter fund drive so we can keep bringing you the independent journalism our city deserves Season’s greetings, readers. Since our founding last year, the Asheville Blade has brought in-depth journalism, hard-hitting investigations,…

Airbnb cues up the lobbyists to push Asheville City Council as the fight over short-term rentals continues, local government considers new rules and the tech giant turns its attention to our city Short-term rentals are, to put it mildly, a controversial topic here. With the…