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Ryley Ober

Ryley Ober

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Public Safety Reporter, Asheville Citizen Times

Bloomington

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  • McDowell County wildfire grows to over 500 acres as firefighters increase containment

    By Ryley Ober Verified| BlueRidgeNow Verified The Bee Rock Creek Fire has grown from 300 acres April 16 to 504 acres in McDowell County as firefighters gain some containment on the active fire, U.S. Forest Service officials said April 17. The fire is moving through steep terrain and heavy storm debris near the Armstrong Fish Hatchery in the Grandfather Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest.

    By Ryley Ober Verified · BlueRidgeNow

    Apr. 17, 2025

  • Wildfires grow in Western NC: 800 acres in Nantahala National Forest, 300 acres in Pisgah

    By Ryley Ober Verified| BlueRidgeNow Verified The Haoe Fire in the Nantahala National Forest grew to 800 acres April 16 and is partially burning within a scar left from an 8,000-acre fire, which tore through the area during a disastrous fire season in 2016. A lightning strike sparked the fire on April 12 within the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness Area, the U.S. Forest Service said. It's grown from 5 acres to 800 in four days and is 0% contained, according to the last update from U.S. Forest Service officials at 5 p.m. April 16.

    By Ryley Ober Verified · BlueRidgeNow

    Apr. 16, 2025

  • McDowell County wildfire grows to over 500 acres as firefighters increase containment

    By Ryley Ober Verified| BlueRidgeNow Verified The Bee Rock Creek Fire has grown from 300 acres April 16 to 504 acres in McDowell County as firefighters gain some containment on the active fire, U.S. Forest Service officials said April 17. The fire is moving through steep terrain and heavy storm debris near the Armstrong Fish Hatchery in the Grandfather Ranger District of the Pisgah National Forest.

    By Ryley Ober Verified · BlueRidgeNow

    Apr. 17, 2025

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Asheville Citizen Times

We are the most powerful media and marketing solutions organization in Western North Carolina. We leverage our highly engaged audiences, sophisticated toolbox of multi-media solutions and our integrated marketing expertise to help area business succeed.

Asheville, United States

+1 828-252-5611

Founded: 1901