A resident of the town of Jim Thorpe was “aggressively approached” by a black adult male bear on Sunday, Jan. 19, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a news release. The animal then ...

Hunters will gain access to 2,000 acres of new public land, including about 200 in Pocono Township, when 11 land acquisitions are finalized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission this year. The agency’s ...

A neighbor shot and killed the bear after it knocked Andrew Neirer to ground and started biting and scratching him.

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners on Saturday gave preliminary approval to the 2025-26 hunting and trapping ...

Andrew Nierer was doing a grocery run before the football game on Jan. 19 when a strange thing happened. A bear came from the woods, ran across the parking lot of the Jim Thorpe market and bit him in ...

A bear that attacked a man in Pennsylvania this week was confirmed to have rabies, officials said Thursday. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said on Facebook that the bear "aggressively approached" a ...

Pennsylvania hunters can mark their calendars ... hare daily limit could kill as many as six hares in a season. The Game Commission believes the reduction in maximum possible harvest per hunter ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said that the victim is “expected to have a full recovery and has received appropriate medical treatment" ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is considering two significant changes Saturday to the way hunters get elk licenses. Each year, hunters from across the United States have been applying for chances at ...

The rabid bear attack in Jim Thorpe was “an isolated and uncommon event,” according to a press release from state Rep. Doyle Hefley, R-Carbon.