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A multiracial community coalition mobilized to save Asheville Primary School. The central office and city hall insisted on destroying it anyway Above: Mural on the side of Asheville Primary School. Photo by Matilda Bliss “A school is a home. So when they come for your…

The city’s non-discrimination ordinance was supposed to help protect against bigotry, and its architects are touting it in their runs for office. But over a year later it has helped no one. It wasn’t meant to. Above: A pride flag flies from city hall in…

Welcome to another episode of the Bladecast, just in time for Halloween! Marvel at the terror of … campaign season! The slimy corruption of … airbnb! The banal evil of … city council and more in this look at our town’s everyday horrors Graphic by…

Airbnbs are devouring housing at a rapidly escalating rate and kicking locals out on the street. It’s time to face the obvious: the industry has to be destroyed or the city will be unlivable Above: a close-up of Airbnb’s impact on Asheville, from Inside Airbnb.…

NIMBY vs YIMBY, city council desperately shovels cash to cops, a mutual aid medic beats trumped-up charges, a notorious fake clinic gets its windows smashed, another pandemic and more in the Blade’s monthly podcast Welcome back, readers (and listeners), to another episode of the Asheville…

The trial of a mutual aid medic ends in dismissal as supporters pack the courtroom and the cops’ case falls apart on the stand. Inside a major defeat for city hall’s war on community solidarity with the unhoused Above: Local medic Greenleaf Clarke is attacked…

Above: An electron microscope image of a poxviridae virus closely related to monkeypox. Image by Dr. Graham Beards, used under Creative Commons license, CC BY-SA 4.0 As you’ve probably heard, monkeypox is rapidly spreading and a week and a half ago Buncombe County reported its…

As Roe dies, a fake clinic with an ugly record gets its windows broken and locals take to the streets The front of Mountain Area Pregnancy Service, a far-right ‘crisis pregnancy center,’ on June 7. Photo by Veronica Coit [This piece contains mentions of sexual…

The Blade teams up with Asheville FM to bring you a new monthly podcast with our signature sharp look at local news Above: graphic by Orion Solstice Readers, over the years many of you have reached out to us to say that you’d love to…

Fletcher and Henderson County cops blatantly murder a local man, leaving his family and community demanding justice. Both departments have an unusually violent record. Graphic by Matilda Bliss [Warning: This piece includes accounts of police murder, brutality, and racism] Blade editor David Forbes provided reporting…