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 ...

Multiple fires could be seen on Bear Mountain in Jim Thorpe across from The Bagel Bunch on Mauch Chunk St.Small airplanes ...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — It's an around the clock effort by crews from the Bureau of Forestry to get the wildfire on Bear Mountain under control. The fire in the Jim Thorpe area sparked saturday afternoon.

A proposed parking lot tax intended to help offset the costs of growing tourism traffic in downtown Jim Thorpe is still in the early stages of development, borough council members said last week.