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The Unalaska City Council certified the results from last week’s municipal election; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Republican challenger Kelly Tshibaka both say President Biden was wrong to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for millions of borrowers; and the winner of Katmai National Park’s Fat Bear Week is 747 Bear Force One, who weighs in at 1,400 pounds.

Plus: The City Council's Latino Caucus asks Lightfoot for more help for migrants.

He was gigantic back in July, when the bears at Brooks River in Alaska began chowing down on salmon to pack on the winter weight. But Bear 747 grew more gigantic as the weeks wore on, and he's emerged as the winner of Fat Bear Week 2022.

Bear 747 - dubbed Bear Force One - has taken the crown for a second time, as it pulled out the coveted title again and previously in 2020.

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A swarm of bots skewed a vote for Alaska’s bulkiest bruin. Is democracy doomed?

It’s the second title in three years for the 1,400-pound behemoth dubbed “Bear Force One”

Welcome back, well-rounded readers! For those just joining us, we are sizing up the biggest bears of Katmai National Park, and we’re well on our way to declaring one fat winner.

Friends, babes, and bear lovers, it's Fat Bear Week, where the world decides which bear is the fattest bear - here's why it's beefy queen, Bear 901.

Yesterday we watched 151 Walker walk across the winner’s line, and he was certainly swaying what his mama gave him. Beach babe 901 took out actual babe 909 Yearling and it was very matter-of-fact; also, I’m pretty sure I saw her yawn as it happened.