Firefighters are still working to contain the Mines Spung wildfire at Wharton State Forest, despite ongoing rain. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the fire has burned 6,000 acres and is now 90% ...

A wildfire burning in New Jersey's Wharton State Forest, named the Mines Spung Wildfire, has burned to about 5,750 acres as of Sunday, June 15.

Fire engines, helicopters and ground crews were being used to try to contain the blaze, which has been dubbed the Mines ...

JoAnn Zavodnick, of Somerset, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 71. Born in Newark, NJ ...

A pair of 18-year-olds has been accused of starting a fire by shooting a flare gun into a house in Ocean County.

County prepared for an emergency, such as the fire that occurred in April in Ocean County? County officials say "yes," but ...

For the first time, Republican voters in New Jersey are going to the polls in a primary contest in which there are no so-called county lines.

Joseph Kling, 19, of Waretown, was charged with aggravated ... The blaze was declared 100% contained on May 12, according to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service. The cause of the fire was ...

TOMS RIVER, NJ — A New Jersey man accused of sparking a massive wildfire in central New Jersey in April denied responsibility for the blaze, saying other people with him should have extinguished the ...

The fire started on April 22 at the Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area. Two people — 19-year-old Joseph Kling of Waretown, New Jersey, and a 17-year-old who has not been identified ...