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On The Thursday, March 14, 2019 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • Abducted In Plain Sight tells the bizzare story of a Pocatello family.
  • National Sleep Awareness Week wants you to remember to sleep.
  • Researchers are asking why baby trumpeter swans are dying off.

- Netflix debuted a documentary in February that detailed the terror and exploitation one man brought on a Pocatello family more than forty years ago. Abducted in Plain Sight tells the story of the Brobergs and how a family friend manipulated them to sexually assault and kidnap their daughter. Idaho Matters talks with Jan Broberg about her experience and Skye Borgman, director of the film.

- We (try) to sleep about a third of our lives and this week is National Sleep Awareness Week. On Thursday's Idaho Matters, we look at how we can improve the quality of our slumbers.

- Trumpeter swan cygnets are dying at a startling rate, threatening the swan populations of the West. We talk with Camas Refuge Manager Brian Wehausen and wildlife biologist Andrea Kristof about what is causing these declines.

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