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Firefighters have almost fully contained a wildfire that broke out over the weekend on Bear Mountain on the outskirts of Jim ...
Firefighting crews from across the state have converged on what is now a wildfire burning on a mountainside near Jim Thorpe.
“We hope to continue strengthening our fire lines north and south along the river,” Bickel said ... Saturday along Bear Mountain, south of Jim Thorpe. By Sunday, it had spread to about ...
A Jim Thorpe man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in a 2021 fatal car crash. According to court records, Brett Knoll, 41, of Jim Thorpe, pleaded guilty to three counts of homicide by ...
A large brush fire on Bear Mountain in the Jim Thorpe area of Carbon County is 95% contained, a state lawmaker serving the area said Thursday. The Easton-based Delaware and Lehigh National ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and National Resource’s Bureau of Forestry said in a news release Thursday morning that firefighters contained 95% of the fire just south of Jim Thorpe.
really smoky over in town, like you can actually see the ashes in the air," said Lexi Sterling. "It's just weird. I never thought I'd see this in Jim Thorpe and then I just look out my back door ...
JIM THORPE, P.A. (WBNG) -- A Pennsylvania town is reeling as firefighters enter another day battling a massive wildfire on Bear Mountain. Trails, parks and even county offices are closed as flames ...
JIM THORPE, Pa. - Firefighters are continuing to battle a large brush fire that broke out on Saturday in Jim Thorpe. Officials say that multiple fire departments from all over the area have been ...
The town of Jim Thorpe is going to be a suburb of Philadelphia during the 2025 Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival at the beginning of May. The eighth annual event in the small town near the ...