After a government shutdown was averted over the weekend, Fat Bear Week will go ahead, with voting set to start Wednesday.
The bracket for 2023 Fat Bear Week. Voting begins on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Congress passed a temporary funding billThat bill kept thousands of government functions operational and many more thousands of federal employees from an uncertain future.
806 Jr. will face off with 428 in the opening round that will be voted on Wednesday. The other matchup Wednesday includes Bear 402, who will be opposed by Bear 901. “We’re always looking for a good story,” Boak said on the livestream. “Fatness isn’t everything. We want bears who have shown us a new way of getting fat or that they’ve overcome obstacles. We want this bracket to be filled with good stories.”Many of those stories come from familiar favorites that have returned to the falls year after year and are perennial contenders in the bracket.
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