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Bear 435 Holly. (Photo by Naomi Boak, courtesy Katmai National Park and Preserve) The results are in, and one corpulent sow has been named the winner of Katmai National Park and Preserve’s Fat Bear Week. 4-3-5 Holly clinched victory on Tuesday with more than 15,000 votes over her fellow finalist, a boar named 7-7-5 Lefty. “We’re so excited about the …

As elections wrap up around the state, a more whimsical type of voting is getting started this week. A dozen brown bears in Katmai National Park are competing for the title of fattest bear during the park’s annual Fat Bear Week, and this year, rangers are using 3-D imaging to find out precisely who’s fattest. Fat Bear Week at Katmai …