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• Charges pending for three Katmai visitors who approached feeding brown bears

  11-08-2018 23:38 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Katmai bears fish at Brooks Falls. (Photo courtesy National Park Service)
  Three visitors to Katmai National Park could face charges after approaching brown bears feeding on salmon Thursday evening.http://media.aprn.org/2018/ann-20180810-02.mp3
  Two Alaska residents and an out-of-state visitor entered a closed area below Brooks Falls and approached multiple bears.
  Viewers watching the park’s live bear cam saw a man wade into the water below the falls and take a selfie in front of a
  
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• Washington sent brain injury patients to Oklahoma — then all but forgot about them

  11-08-2018 23:09 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Regina Ibrahim and her daughter, Nadja, take a selfie together during a recent visit to Western State Hospital (Photo courtesy Regina Ibrahim)
  https://cpa.ds.npr.org/northwestnews/audio/2018/08/NEWS_20180716_aj_brain-1.mp3
  On the evening of August 14, 2010, Steve and Laurie Jenks were returning to their motel from a wedding in Walla Walla. It was dark and Steve, who was driving, had been warned to watch for deer along Highway 124.
  Just outside the town of Prescott, Steve said he thought he saw a
  
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• Crash reported after plane stolen at Sea-Tac

  11-08-2018 07:25 via ktoo.org
  10:15 p.m. (all times local)
  Sheriff’s officials say a man who stole an Alaska Airlines plane from an airport in Washington state was “suicidal” and there is no connection to terrorism.
  Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department, says on Twitter Friday night that a 29-year-old airline mechanic stole the Horizon Air Q400 from Sea-Tac International Airport.
  Witnesses reported seeing the plane being chased by military aircraft before it crashed ne
  
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• At Kindergarten Boot Camp, kids get a head start on learning

  11-08-2018 03:44 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Children draw at the Kindergarten Boot Camp at Harborview Elementary School this summer. It was the first year the Juneau School District put together the school-readiness camp. (Photo by Molly Hillis/Juneau School District)
  The first day of school is right around the corner and it can be a scary time for kids. Especially if it’s their first time leaving home. A new summer camp at Harborview Elementary School aims to make that transition easier.https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2018
  
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• A Juneau Afternoon, Monday August 13

  11-08-2018 02:16 via ktoo.org
  A Juneau Afternoon 8-13-2018
  We are on our summer schedule for A Juneau Afternoon with live shows Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Now through the month of August, we’ll be airing episodes of Hidden Brain on Mondays from 3-4pm on KTOO. On KRNN, from 4-5pm, we’ll hear Classical Guitar Alive.
  Tonight at 7pm, tune in for the live stream of the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly meeting.
  
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