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A massive brown bear named Chunk, winner of the 2025 Fat Bear Week competition, has been spotted in Alaska’s Katmai National Park. The accompanying footage was captured this week by National Park ...

BELOIT — Construction of the Ho-Chunk casino in Beloit remains on schedule. The Ho-Chunk officials will not talk about revenue projections, but believe they will draw enough outside visitors to meet ...

The Ho-Chunk Nation is building a $705 million casino resort in Beloit, Wisconsin, scheduled to open in September 2026. Ho-Chunk Gaming Beloit will feature 1,500 slot machines, 44 table games, ...

BELOIT — The largest single-organization hiring spree perhaps in Beloit history is underway. The Ho-Chunk Nation is taking applications online for the first of the 1,500 jobs that will need to be ...

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It's the happiest time of the year — Fat Bear Week! This year's event takes place from Sept. 23-30, and Mashable will be following all the ursine activity. Katmai National Park and Preserve’s brown ...

Bear 32, nicknamed Chunk, was crowned the 2025 Fat Bear Week champion. T Carmack, Katmai National Park and Preserve via Flickr under Public Domain A bear weighing more than 1,000 pounds, nicknamed ...

Despite a broken jaw, 32 Chunk has eaten his way to the top of the Fat Bear Week 2025 bracket. Chunk was finally named the winner of Fat Bear Week after being awarded as the runner-up for the past two ...