The Alaska Earthquake Center reports a recent magnitude 5.1 earthquake south of King Salmon, highlighting seismic activity along a poorly understood fault.

A black bear was fatally shot by federal officials after attempting to break into an occupied tent near Portage campgrounds in Alaska, following a recent similar incident that injured a woman.

Volcano scientists issued an alert Wednesday, warning that a cloud of ash — from an eruption more than century ago — was headed toward Alaska's Kodiak Island. The ash is from the powerful 1912 eruption of Novarupta.

Tim Sands, an Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist, said he is hopeful the strong run throughout Bristol Bay will continue next year.

Strong northwesterly winds in the vicinity of Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes have picked up loose volcanic ash eruption and carried it to the southeast toward Kodiak Island today. The maximum cloud height is 5,000 ft above sea level. This is not the result of recent volcanic activity and occurs during times of high winds and dry snow-free conditions in the Katmai area.

Strong southerly winds picked up loose ash from a 1912 volcanic eruption, sending an ash cloud about 4,000 feet into the sky.

Biologists believe the 18- to 20-foot whale may be sick or injured. It’s unclear if it will be able to swim out during high tide.

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

"Within a week we saw thousands of shearwaters along the beaches, and witnessed hundreds dead. They would sit on the tideline unable to walk, foraging on dead fish that had washed ashore and trying to feed on the fish in the nets of the set net sites as well."

As of July 21, fishermen in Bristol Bay’s five districts had harvested just more than 42 million salmon.

The Bristol Bay Times - Serving Dillingham, Naknek, King Salmon and Southwest villages

One of the men was caught on a livestream camera wading into Brooks Falls and taking a selfie in front of the bears.

Koliganek and New Stuyahok are still waiting on their first barge of the year. Heating fuel use for residents and businesses in New Stuyahok is limited.

A small black fuzzy caterpillar seen in the NPS administrative building in King Salmon, Alaska

There were lightning strike-caused fires at Paul's Creek and Coffee Creek north of King Salmon, AK.

11-29-14 Mollusks in moose gut - Egegik, Alaska, USA

A terrible year for berry harvest in the Upper Nushagak River.

9-24-14 Coho salmon with parasites - New Stuyahok, Alaska, USA

4-27-14 Geometridae moth - Naknek, Alaska, USA

9-14-13 Stickle-back fish kill - Lake Illiamna, Alaska, USA