Bear Center will welcome two new cubs

The North American Bear Center will welcome two new male black bear cubs to Ely this September.

The center is already busy with preparations for the pair, who will arrive from Alaska as nine-month-old cubs.

“With great pleasure after many, many years of searching and having our name out there, waiting on lists and other lists, we are pleased to announce that we are not getting a cub, (but we are) getting two cubs,” said program director Sharon Herrell via a live Facebook announcement.