Katmai National Park and Preserve

For the second time in three years, the jumbo jet-sized 747 has been crowned champion of Fat Bear Week.

While the Bristol Bay salmon that feed Katmai's famous brown bears continue to be a success story, salmon runs around the rest of the state‚ including on the Kenai Peninsula, are in decline.

This year's bears will be revealed on Monday, and voting in the March Madness-style tournament will start Wednesday.

Voter turnout in local Kenai Peninsula elections was really low this fall.But there’s one competition in Alaska that saw its highest voter turnout ever…

Wednesday marks the beginning of a distinctly Alaska holiday—a whole week of celebrating chubby ursine creatures. That’s right—it’s Fat Bear Week.Fat Bear…