As hungry black bears emerge from winter dens, more encounters with people are expected in the state. Here's how to protect your property.

Of those incidents, seven involved bears getting into trash and five occurred when bears entered unlocked vehicles.

Bears are waking up, and they are hungry, as one Colorado resident learned when one recently broke into their car.

A photo taken in front of the car’s windshield shows the bear leaning over the steering wheel and peering through the glass at the wildlife officer. “Our officer responded and let the bear out,” the ...