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Well, uh, I have just sort of a mashup of a bunch of articles that I've been reading in Time Magazine, USA Today, on Alaska Public Media, and, uh, I mean, I think I could go on and on, Washington Post, about these, these checks, these checks that the federal government is cutting to people.

The $500 check related to this ACA refund, and then the $90 Medicare checks that are also some kind of strange out of the blue payment.

So close to the election, so close.

The contest is a four-way ranked choice race under Alaska's unique voting system.

Alaska Public Media's Eric Stone reports the current governor is term-limited.

Three Republicans are facing off against a Democrat in the race to be Alaska's next governor.

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has a lead over the fractured Republican field.

Backpack is getting a lot of social media adoration after emerging the chunky champion of Alaska's Fat Bear Week with an estimated weight of more than a thousand pounds.

Alaska Public Media's Eva White has more.

Backpack, also known as number eighty-nine, got his nickname because he'd hold onto his mama's back as they crossed the Brooks River in Katmai National Park and Preserve.

He's now twenty years old.

People around the world are casting their votes for their favorite bulky brown bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve.

Alaska Public Media's Eva White has our reports.

As the brown bears continue fattening up on sockeye salmon, the original field of sixteen chunky competitors is thinning.

Katmai Park Ranger Sarah Bruce says even if the plump participant you're rooting for doesn't take the top spot as fattest bear, they're all still winners.

People around the world are casting their votes for their favorite bulky brown bear at Katmai National Park and Preserve.

Alaska Public Media's Eva White has more.

As the brown bears continue fattening up on sockeye salmon, the original field of sixteen chunky competitors is thinning.

Katmai Park Ranger Sarah Bruce says even if the plump participant you're rooting for doesn't take the top spot as fattest bear, they're all still winners.

It draws fans from around the world.

Alaska Public Media's Eva White reports.

A fat bear is a successful bear, and the 16 contenders are really chubby.

Fat Bear Week celebrates how much weight the animals pack on from feasting on massive sockeye salmon runs.