UPDATE: Bear that attacked man in Jim Thorpe tests positive for rabies A man suffered minor injuries in a bear attack caught on video in Jim Thorpe, as an armed witness came to the rescue and ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission on January 23, 2025, released a statement confirming that the Black Bear that attacked a Jim Thorpe resident named Andrew Neirer tested positive for rabies ...

Amanda Norcross Founded in 1818, Jim Thorpe was first known as Mauch Chunk (which translates to "Bear Place" in the Munsee-Lenape Native American language). In 1954, it took on its current title ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that the black bear that attacked a man over the weekend in Jim Thorpe tested positive for rabies. The incident happened on Sunday, Jan. 19, as Jim ...

A Butler Township woman’s motherly instinct drove her to put herself between her dog and a bear a year ago, March 5. Despite ...

Jim Thorpe's tomb was dedicated in the Carbon County borough in the 1950's, thousands of miles from where he was born, in a town that didn't at the time bear his name. Many in our area know this ...

A pair of once-vibrant communities faced a bleak future. Their heyday behind them, the towns struggled to find their way and ...