Alaska
Alaskan collector cosigns prehistoric bear skull to auction house

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A caramel-colored skull of an ancient cave bear, believed to be at least 60,000 years old and is up for auction in Anchorage.
The Alaska Auction Company received the skull from a local collector. Alaska Auction manager Megan Mosesian said they’ve worked with this particular consigner frequently through the years and have seen several fossil pieces pass hands. The cave bear skull currently available is actually the second that’s come through the auction house, and according to Mosesian, it’s much bigger and in much better condition.
Cave bears, a prehistoric bear species whose remains are typically found in caves, are believed to have been herbivorous, according to Mosesian. “Even though they have these huge fangs,” Mosesian said while describing the high-quality preservation of the skull in question.
“This one in particular has a unique color and it has a very unique size,” Mosesian said. “Most cave bear skulls, the average of the length between the gum line and the crust is about 15 to 20 inches. This one is 23 inches, so it’s a very big guy.”
Mosesian said the skull’s atypical light brown coloration is likely due to the minerals it was resting in, which prevented fossilization.
“It sort of caramelized, is what I was told,” Mosesian said.
With a full set of molars and intact top and bottom, Mosesian calls the piece “museum quality.”
The skull is up for auction until March 20, and Mosesian said it’s been wildly popular online.
“When authentic pieces come through and they can be well tracked, they’re definitely highly sought after,“ Mosesian said, ”when we post something on the auction, we can see how many people like, watch it, or flag it… I’d say this one’s probably gotten 3000% more engagement than other lots or similar fossil lots.”
Mosesian estimated the approximate retail value of the skull near $30,000, and said they’ve already conducted dozens of private viewings with potential buyers.
“We’re just so thrilled to get it through auction. I kind of hope it stays in Alaska, but of course it’s up for anyone in the world,” Mosesian said. “We ship all over the world, but the majority of our customers are, of course, Alaskan-based.”
Mosesian said while she is not a collector of fossils, pieces of ancient history make the study of the past more interesting to her.
“I think that finding physical pieces that you can interact with that show these things that once were,” Mosesian said. “To me at least, I understand the appeal as someone who would want to a preserve something that is long extinct, and then also to kind of be transported back to a time that is very different from what we exist in now.”
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April is bringing the showers to Alaska

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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Jessica Michelle Singleton is saying ‘Hi Y’all’ to Alaska

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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Another splashy year at Slush Cup 2025

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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