NEWPORT, Pa. (AP) - Officials say a bear attacked a couple inside their central Pennsylvania home, sending both people to a hospital. Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesman Jerry Feaser says the attack happened Monday morning in Oliver Township. He says the couple's dog was outside and ran into the home, followed... more »
COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) - A woman who was attacked by a bear at a Montana campground says she was bit on her arm and leg before she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone. At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near... more »
Officials in Lee County said late Tuesday afternoon that they have cornered a bear that may be the same bear that attacked a man in the Red River Gorge late last month.
State Fish and Wildlife officials along with police and other officials are along Grand Avenue in Beattyville,... more »
Fish and Wildlife officials say they think the same bear that attacked a hiker in the gorge last sunday may have moved on to Owsley County. A woman was driving between Beattyville and Booneville and says she saw a bear cross the road near the intersection of Highway 11 and... more »
Forest Supervisor Frank Beum of the Daniel Boone National Forest announced Thursday that the Red River Gorge Geological Area will re-open on Friday at 8 a.m. The gorge was temporary closed last Sunday after a hiker was attacked by a black bear along the Pinch-Em Tight Trail. The emergency closure... more »
Wildlife and Forestry officials are meeting Thursday to discuss the possibility of re-opening parts of the Red River Gorge for the holiday weekend that have been close since a bear attack last weekend. A state spokeswoman says a black bear spotted near a trash bin in Lee County was likely... more »
Parts of the Red River Gorge remain closed after a black bear attacked a hiker Sunday afternoon. Officials from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife continue to hunt for the bear that reportedly attacked Springfield resident Tim Scott, 56, along Tunnel Ridge Road. The closed area includes all National... more »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A hiker was attacked by a black bear in eastern Kentucky's Red River Gorge, prompting officials to close the popular scenic area while they try to catch the animal. The hiker, a man in his mid-50s from Springfield, was taken to a nearby hospital after the attack... more »
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) A hiker who was attacked by a black bear in eastern Kentucky has been released from the hospital, and officials have closed Red River Gorge while they try to find the bear. Gorge spokeswoman Kimberly J. Morgan says the Springfield man was taken to a nearby hospital... more »
