The fire started about 4:30 p.m. Saturday along Bear Mountain, south of Jim Thorpe. By Sunday, it had spread to about 260 acres. A state response team was called in Monday to handle the ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and National Resource’s Bureau of Forestry said in a news release Thursday morning that firefighters contained 95% of the fire just south of Jim Thorpe.

A Jim Thorpe man has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in a 2021 fatal car crash. According to court records, Brett Knoll, 41, of Jim Thorpe, pleaded guilty to three counts of homicide by ...

The Packerton Fire, which is also known as the Jim Thorpe Fire or Bear Mountain Fire, set 426 acres ablaze and is 15% contained, according to USA TODAY's wildfire data. The fire is burning east of ...