After perching on a wall above the pit, a 25-year-old man jumped in, seemingly about to endure a horrendous death in front of visitors enjoying a day out at Switzerland's Bern Bear Park.

At New Bern City Hall we spoke with city officials and people about what the Bear Drop means to the community. We're about 30 hours away from this bear making the drop into the new year ...

New Bern businesses welcome a new leader to oversee the thriving downtown area. Karen Sullivan is the new executive director for Swiss Bear. She will be formally introduced at tonight’s Board of ...