EditorialBethany Brookshire, the author of “Pests,” searches for rats behind a dumpster in Asheville, N.C. on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, the East Fork pottery founders, John Vigeland, Connie Matisse and Alex Matisse, at the company’s store in Asheville, N.C., Nov. 10, 2022. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom left, the East Fork pottery founders, John Vigeland, Connie Matisse and Alex Matisse, at the company’s store in Asheville, N.C., Nov. 10, 2022. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialChristopher Oakley, a professor of new media at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, at the spot he believes Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2022. (Andrew Mangum/The New York Times)
EditorialJohnny Davis, a versatile guard in the NBA in the 1970s and ’80s, a time when players often had second jobs, near his home in Asheville, N.C., July 17, 2022. (Jacob Biba/The New York Times)
EditorialSilver Cousler, a chef and restaurant owner who questions why airline booking systems do not have the option of a nonbinary marker, in Asheville, N.C., June 14, 2022. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialA campaign sign for Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) outside a polling station in the 11th Congressional District on Primary Day in Asheville, N.C., May 17, 2022. (Logan R. Cyrus/The New York Times)
EditorialChristina Ruiz’s infant daughter Amari had to spend five weeks in the neonatal intensive care unit while Ruiz, 34, dealt with her own postpartum complications. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialRoberto Carlos Lange, who records as Helado Negro, stands for a portrait in Asheville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (Jacob Biba/The New York Times)
EditorialMeghan Reibstein, vice president for Zillow’s organization programs, at her home in Asheville, N.C., July 28, 2021. (Jack Flame Sorokin/The New York Times)
EditorialA yard sign voicing support for health care worker unionization outside a home in Asheville, N.C., January 6, 2021. (Jacob Biba/The New York Times)
EditorialKatherine Leatherman greets visitors from behind plexiglass at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C., Dec. 2, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the Democratic nominee for vice president, addresses a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialPeople waiting in line to vote at the West Asheville Community Center in Asheville, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, the first day of early voting in the state. (Juan Diego Reyes/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump greets supporters at Asheville Regional Airport in Asheville, N.C., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialSupporters react as President Donald Trump arrives at arrives at the airport in Asheville, N.C., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Horrocks closed his framing shop in Asheville, N.C., while a nearby Michaels outlet stayed open as an essential business. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialChris White, the president of White Labs, at the yeast supplier’s production facility in Asheville, N.C., Jan. 29, 2020. (Mike Belleme/The New York Times)
EditorialA View of Asheville, North Carolina. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on academy board Oil on academy board. Height: 330.20 mm (13 in); Width: 477.77 mm (18.80 in).
EditorialA View of Asheville, North Carolina. Date/Period: 1850. Painting. Oil on academy board Oil on academy board. Height: 330.20 mm (13 in); Width: 477.77 mm (18.80 in).
EditorialBattery Park Hotel, Asheville, N.C, Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, Battery Park Hotel (Asheville, N.C.), Hotels, United States, North Carolina, Asheville, 1902.