Environmentscore 486·5 metrosupdated 1h ago

Black Bear Attacks Hikers in Washington State

A group of teenage hikers was injured in a rare black bear attack in Washington after they inadvertently startled the bear and her cubs. Wildlife officials are currently searching for the bear involved in the incident.

Where it's breaking

CharlottePhiladelphiaAtlantaLos AngelesDC / Maryland / VirginiaHampton RoadsColumbia, SCDallas–Ft. WorthBaltimoreRichmondNew YorkDetroitBostonChicagoMiami–Ft. LauderdaleLexington, KY

Local coverage

Sources cited

Original outlets that filed on this story across the contributing metros. Click through for the underlying coverage.

What this is

A national rollup is a story Executive Producer detected breaking in multiple US metros at once. Each contributing market has its own deduplicated cluster from local broadcast, print, government, and community sources — this page links them together so a journalist can see the full national footprint. We are a pointer, not a publisher.Every linked headline goes back to the local cluster and from there to the original outlet — that's the URL to cite. A lead, not the law.