Miraculously, the bear collapsed a mere five feet from his boot soles, leaving claw marks ... 9′ 6″ from nose to tail (10′ 6″ from paw to paw), was between 15 and 20 years old and weighed ...

More than 3,000 of you took the survey this spring. We combed through and compiled each vote to verify the tally. Now, the results of our 16th annual Best of the Valley Survey are in—finally ...