ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Anchorage is in the midst of its 5th wettest April on record. So far the city has recorded 1.38 inches of precipitation, when .43″ is the normal rainfall amount for the month.

Southeast Alaska seeing some of the wettest weather today. Ketchikan getting an inch and a half of rain, with more than 6-tenths in Wrangell, Petersburg and Sitka.

An area of low pressure is over the Aleutians and will be the weather maker over the next several days. Winds will increase in the interior by Tuesday. Cold Bay saw the highest gust of wind at 52 mph.

The low circulation will ensure clouds and rain over the southern areas of the state, and generate some gusty winds as well.

Southcentral will see rain, heavy at times in Prince William Sound and the Seward area too. Otherwise, it is scattered shower in the Matanuska and Susitna Valleys and Kenai Peninsula.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Jessica Michelle Singleton’s Alaska tour of her newest hour-long comedy special brought her back to her teenage stomping grounds in Anchorage.

Touring performers aren’t always frequent in Alaska, and Singleton admits even as a teenager, her heart didn’t yearn to stay in Alaska when she was a student at Service High School

“I break out into hives when I get too cold,” Singleton said.

She’s performed at comedy festivals in Alaska before, along with her credits as a paid regular at The Comedy Store in LA, two recorded albums, and shorter specials on Hulu and Peacock.

Past Alaska audiences haven’t disappointed her.

“Being from Alaska, when I did the festival because we didn’t do just Anchorage, we did Homer and Seward and people just packed out,” Singleton said. “We’re so excited and I think it’s also because they don’t get a lot of live stand-up comedy.”

Singleton said shortly after filming her first hour-long special, “Hi Y’all,” Jake Armstrong, an Alaskan comic approached Singleton with an idea for a local tour. Now in the midst a tour through the Milk Run, Singleton said she’s seeing different kinds of audiences than larger cities might offer.

″I love going into smaller cities and smaller towns on the road because everyone’s so much more pumped up, because they don’t take it for granted,” Singleton said.

“Last night, somebody drove 7 hours to see me in Skagway.”

Her newest special isn’t heavy on Alaska-related material, Singleton said most of “Hi Y’all” is focused on her childhood in southern Mississippi before her mom moved their family to Anchorage.

“We don’t have time for that. That’s gotta be the next special,” she said.

However, there is one clip she hopes to show at her Anchorage debut at Bear Tooth Theatrepub that was removed during the editing of the full special.

“There will be more [Alaska jokes] in future specials, but I have done some throughout the years, little chunks, and had a couple of clips go viral where I’m talking about Alaska.” Singleton said.

Thus far in her tour, Singleton has performed stand up for Alaska audiences in Ketchikan, Skagway and Juneau, but her April 27 debut in Anchorage will be a screening of the taped special followed by a Q&A.

Following the Anchorage debut, she’ll be back on the road in Talkeetna, Cordova, Fairbanks and Palmer.

Find details for Singleton’s tickets and tour dates here.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A finale to the skiing season, Alyeska Resort’s splash zone was open for business at the annual Slush Cup skiing event.

Crowds flocked to a chilly pool at the end of the Christmas Run for the inaugural “idiot swim,” where audience members hopped into the water for a dip before slush skiers took over.

Dozens of skiers flew down the hill, graded on height, style, speed, tricks and their costumes following their landing in the water.

Skiers dressed as Bart and Homer Simpson, Puff the Magic Dragon, a butterfly, and even Jesus Christ were among some who competed in the day’s star event.

Saturday’s Slush Cup 2025 winners, based on their combined points, were:

1st Place: Cole Bridge

2nd Place: Hunter Kern

3rd Place: Joe Stahla

Honorably mentioned:

Best Crash: Truman Durand

Biggest Air: Tony Nacink

Best Costume: Michael Hansen

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