The Mountain Xpress is an alternative newspaper covering news, arts, local politics, and events in Asheville and western North Carolina , US. Published each Wednesday in print and online, it has a print circulation of about 29,000. The Mountain Xpress is one of 130 member newspapers of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies .
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