Punta Gorda is moving forward with plans to raise water and sewer rates, city leaders say the money will fund overdue ...

Kelly Schiano and Everett Harper were both sentenced this week, charged with planning a murder-for-hire plot that left two men dead in Jan. 2024.

Bet she couldn’t bear it. A young bear has been saved in Wisconsin after having a plastic jar stuck over her head for more than a week.

New Mexico man kills bear inside home after break-in "In a situation like this where you're in immediate danger, you're trying to protect your own life," said Darren Vaughan with NM Department of ...

“Bear” sighting sparks disagreement among Kansas wildlife professionals This picture of a “bear” spotted in Shawnee Heights, has also been identified as a Racoon, as well as a Coyote.

Punta Gorda residents will soon see increased water and sewage bills. City leaders announced plans to raise utility rates by 12% annually for the next four years.

Smokey the Bear helped law enforcement arrest a man for stealing his signs from across Florida and selling them on Facebook Marketplace.

Authorities confirmed a well-prepared couple survived a grizzly bear encounter after using bear spray effectively during attack in Canada.

A large grizzly bear that approached a storage shed recently in a rural Montana, perhaps for a thorough back scratch, was sent running for cover. That’s because an electrified fence had been ...

A bear was seen lounging in a tree Monday morning outside the Virginia Baptist Hospital.

Another bear was spotted in Colorado Springs Wednesday, this time in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood.

A hiker was rescued after reportedly getting attacked by a brown bear along a trail in Alaska, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.