A forest fire in southern New Jersey has shut a stretch of the Garden State Parkway, sparked evacuations, and threatens to snarl commuters. The fire has grown to 8,500 acres, with 3,000 residents ...

Christine Sloan is an Emmy Award-winning reporter, who covers New Jersey for CBS News New York. Sloan re-joined the station in January 2023. She also worked at CBS News New York from 2004 to 2016 ...

MONTVALE, N.J. — A school bus carrying 31 people overturned on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, sending more than a dozen people to hospitals, officials said. New Jersey State Police said 15 ...

Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency for Ocean County due to the wildfire Wednesday morning. “At this time, we have no loss of life and no homes have been harmed ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Jones Road Fire burning near Barnegat, New Jersey had consumed 1,200 acres and was uncontrolled. Part of the Garden State Parkway is closed near Waretown.

Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way declared a state of emergency for Ocean County Wednesday morning. “At this time, we have no loss of life and no homes have been harmed,” Way said on X.

BARNEGAT TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a major highway. The Garden State Parkway ...