A Homer community member is helping organize donations for evacuees from Western Alaska’s coastal villages after Typhoon Halong forced them to relocate to Anchorage and other communities; a rescued walrus from the Alaska SeaLife Center will appear on public television this week; and although voting for fat bear week in Katmai National Park closed last month, Juneau’s black bears are really starting to pack on the pounds to keep from starving during hibernation — and they’re going for whatever they can find.
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