Black Bear Pass reopens over 24 hours after South Carolina driver ignores warnings

A South Carolina man drove a Kia Telluride up Black Bear Road on Wednesday and got stuck, leading to a closure of Black Bear ...

Black bear first spotted in East Texas this summer still roaming

That guest is a juvenile black bear, who was recently spotted near the Neches River corridor along Anderson and Cherokee Counties.

Bear hunt applicants face 1-in-1,000 chance of winning a December hunting permit

Florida's bear hunting season returns after a decade, drawing 163,459 applications amid protests, with many aiming to secure ...

Florida got 160,000 requests to hunt bears, but many applicants plan to sit out

Foes of Florida’s bear hunt say many of the 163,459 applications for a hunting permit came from people aiming to spare a bear ...
Orlando Sentinel

FWC says man shot bear found in his Central Florida home

A Central Florida man shot and killed a bear he said became trapped in his home Friday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “The FWC was notified of a bear entering a ...
New York Post

Bear terrorizes New Jersey Dollar General, bites 90-year-old woman before being shot

This bear really went on a wild shopping spree. A shocking encounter unfolded Tuesday afternoon when a black bear wandered through the aisles of a Dollar General store in Vernon, New Jersey, after ...
WESH

'Pure fear for me': Bear shot dead in bathroom after causing chaos in Central Florida home

A MAN SAYS HE WAS FORCED TO SHOOT AND KILL A BEAR THAT MANAGED TO MAKE ITS WAY INSIDE HIS HOME. SCARY STUFF REALLY. THIS HAPPENED ON PONDEROSA AVENUE ON THE LAKE COUNTY SIDE OF DELAND, JUST WEST OF ...
WGNO

‘Highly concerning’: Washington restaurant owner sentenced after trafficking bear gallbladders

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Washington restaurant owner has been sentenced following an investigation into illegal trafficking of black bear parts, authorities announced Monday. Officials said ...
News4Jax

St. Johns County awarded $1 million from the state to help build Florida’s first Black history museum

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s first Black history museum is going to be built in St. Johns County, and it now has $1 million from the state to get started. On Thursday morning, officials were ...
New York Daily News

Bear wanders into NJ Dollar General, bites woman, is euthanized

A bear was euthanized after it wandered into a New Jersey Dollar General store and bit a 90-year-old woman before being led outside by a patron, authorities in Vernon Township said Wednesday. The ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Conservationists sue to stop Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Conservationists have filed a lawsuit to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade, arguing that the hunt scheduled for December is unconstitutional and contradicts the ...
The New York Times

So a Bear Walks Into a Dollar Store

It happened in New Jersey, it was no joke, and it did not end well for the bear. By Andy Newman In the video, the bear walks down the coffee and soft drink aisle of a Dollar General store, turns left ...