Two city council candidates have records of far-right bigotry
Developers David Moritz and Jared Wheatley are running for Asheville city council seats. But behind their attempts to rebrand as housing advocates lurks an extensive history of open racism and Islamophobia. Locals should know the truth, including about a political status quo far too indulgent…
Analyzing the 2026 city elections
In a wide-ranging segment with Asheville FM’s Community News, we analyze a mayoral rematch, a crowded city council primary and why it’s important to think beyond campaign season Above: Asheville city hall by night. File photo by Max Cooper The 2026 Asheville city elections are…
Asheville is still a disaster zone
Over a year after Helene, past all the glossy marketing, this is a city deeply marked by disaster. Beneath the ruins dotting the landscape an even more dire human tragedy is unfolding. The beginning of a Blade series on the crisis after the crisis, and…
COVID WAVE ALERT LIFTED — May 7
Reduced tourism and more vaccinations help lead to the mildest winter wave in years. Here’s more about what’s happening, and a reminder that while risks are low, they’re not nothing Graphic by Matilda Bliss COVID WAVE ALERT LIFTED — May 7, 2026 This is an…
The extraction budget
Asheville city hall’s budget threatens a massive tax hike to give cops, wealthy bondholders and the city manager more money. It’s blatant extraction from struggling locals to appease the ruling class Above: Asheville city hall. File photo by Max Cooper Editor’s note: On June 10…
The chief, the crash and the cover-up
In the summer of 2023 the APD broke their own rules to cover up a car crash involving then-police chief David Zack. Current police chief Mike Lamb helped him do it Above: The single photo showing a scratch and denting along the side of then-APD…
Our city is worth fighting for
On grief, kindness, rage and why we have to fight for the communities we love in the times we face Above: A Helene memorial arch made of woven branches, overlooking the devastation around the rivers. Locals have written their griefs on slips of paper hanging…
‘Abolish ICE’
A large anti-deportation protest sweeps through downtown, and signals local opposition to escalating fascism Above: Flags and signs held by anti-deportation demonstrators in downtown Monday night, with the light of nearby police cars reflecting on them On the night of Monday, Feb. 3, a large…
What’s going on with the water
Fully-treated water returns amid serious concerns about lead and a dangerous push “back to normal” from city hall. Asheville’s long-neglected water system was smashed by Helene and the resulting crises are still unfolding. What’s going on, what we know and what you can do about…
The ‘mob attack’ that wasn’t
Far-right Zionists, with long records of open bigotry and harassment, claim they were attacked by an ‘antisemitic mob’ at a bookfair event. They’re not telling the truth Above: Monica Buckley and David Moritz, in images from videos they posted shortly after disrupting a Palestinian history…
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