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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest — his first win after narrowly finishing in second place three ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Chunk, a towering brown bear with a broken jaw, swept the competition Tuesday in the popular Fat Bear Week contest -- his first win after narrowly finishing in second place ...

In an upset for the ages, Fat Bear Week’s 2025 champion is 32 Chunk, who denied a potential “three-peat” by his longtime rival, 128 Grazer. Fat Bear Week celebrates the triumphs and tribulations of ...