Asheville Local Reading Sources

Asheville has many newspapers and magazines offering a wide range of reading options for Western North Carolina. Many have both online and print versions. Below are some that you may find of interest. To visit the website of a publication listed below, please click on the logo. The Asheville Citizen-Times is a Gannett newspaper based in Asheville, North Carolina. It was formed on July 1, 1991 as a result of the merger of the morning Asheville Citizen and the afternoon Asheville Times. Founded in 1870 as a weekly, the Citizen became a daily newspaper in 1885. Writers Thomas Wolfe, O. Henry, both buried in Asheville, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, a common visitor of Asheville, frequently could be found in the newsroom in earlier days. In 1930 the Citizen came under common ownership with the Times, which was first established in 1896 as the Asheville Gazette. The latter paper merged with a short-lived rival, the Asheville Evening News, to form the Asheville Gazette-News and was renamed The Asheville Times by new owner Charles A. Webb. In 1986, $12 million was invested in offset printing presses and a new 44,000-square-foot (4,100 m2) production building in nearby Enka, with composed pages transmitted electronically from the downtown Asheville building located nine miles (14 km) away. In April 1997, the Citizen-Times became the first daily newspaper in Western North Carolina to launch a website; the site now receives tens of thousands of hits a day.   The Asheville Tribune is published every week on Thursdays, the Asheville Tribune is an independent news magazine keeping those in formed in Western North Carolina about hot topics, health issues, faith, and dining among other issues.   For over thirteen years, Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine has been the definitive guide to outdoor sports, health, and adventure travel in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Distributed every month from Baltimore to Atlanta, BRO has established itself as the country’s top regional outdoor publication. Each month, Blue Ridge Outdoors features the best destinations for outdoor adventure. Award-winning writers give insight into the issues, trends, music, and gear that permeate the outdoor world. Top photographers provide breathtaking images of the Blue Ridge. Our celebrated Green Guide, Festival Guide, and Best of the Outdoors Awards highlight leading grassroots and gatherings. Check out BRO’s Event Calendar, the most comprehensive source of outdoor events in the region. BlueRidgeOutdoors.com is the web-facing front of the magazine, where you will find fresh content and blogs, web exclusives like outdoor videos and regional tunes, and where readers can register for contests giving away everything from ski vacations to amazing gear packages.   To the people of the Carolinas, the name “IWANNA” is synonymous with classified advertising. Several years and several million ads have made it the area buyers’ choice in a way few people would have believed possible when its first edition came out in April 1976. What was once a “little paper” had quickly become the largest and most widely read weekly shopping guides in the Carolinas, serving Western North Carolina (WNC), the Western Piedmont of North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.   The Laurel of Asheville is a monthly publication serving as a guide to Asheville, Biltmore, and the surrounding areas. Each month is filled with articles, advertisements, and features dedicated to supporting Asheville's culture, commerce, and community. In addition to each month's featured sections, the Laurel of Asheville contains monthly Events Calendars, Restaurant Guides, Maps of Downtown Asheville and surrounding communities, Accomodations, and Advertiser information at your fingertips.   Mountain Xpress is an independent newspaper located in Asheville, North Carolina. Their mission is to build community and strengthen democracy by serving an active, thoughtful readership at the local level – where the impact of citizen action is greatest. “We report independently, fairly and in-depth on local news and issues affecting Asheville and the surrounding region. We chronicle the area’s vibrant arts-and-culture scene. We treat our readers as participants in an ongoing civic dialogue. We honor diversity. We encourage excellent and innovative work in an equitable, respectful and collegial environment. Local matters!”   Sophie Magagize is "Western North Carolina's voice for modern women." Sophie is a complimentary magazine distributed monthly throughout Western North Carolina. Features include local businesses, fashion, gardening, monthly calendar and more.   “Western North Carolina Smartest Magazine for Women” provides an in-depth look at Western North Carolina women in the arts, business, fashion and design. VERVE is available at over 400 locations including fine shops, salons, spas, inns, hotels, fitness clubs, galleries, restaurants, cafes, bookstores and more.   WNC magazine is a regional lifestyle magazine published in Western North Carolina, from which it takes its name. Originally a bi-monthly publication, the magazine increased to nine issues per year in September, 2007. Most issues offer articles on arts, crafts, architecture, history and foodways of Western North Carolina. Each issue includes features on current topics facing residents and profiles on intriguing locals with regular departments on homes, weekend escapes, a calendar of regional events, and a comprehensive dining guide. WNC is unique to the region in that it covers all twenty-three counties normally associated with Western North Carolina. There is also a cover-price as opposed to the many free publications available throughout the region.   WNC Mom, brought to you by WNCParent, is a social networking for moms throughout Western North Carolina with forums, photos, videos, and bloggers who can help out with any of your questions as a parent.