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The scammers told the victims they needed to transfer their retirement savings into what they were told was a government account to keep them safe.

Gabrielle LeDoux, a Republican from Anchorage, lost re-election in 2020 after she, her former chief of staff and a third person were accused of multiple felonies.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the number of such incidents has spiked in recent years.

Bears usually start to emerge from hibernation in April. And right on time, reports of bear sightings around Juneau started showing up on social media last week. 

Prosecutors countered that Mileur lives in a suburban neighborhood, and moose rarely need to be shot in self-defense.

“I think it’s a bleak day for Americans, because this is just one more divisive issue,” Peltola said. “And we’re such a deeply divided country.”