Megan Pacer
Digital reporter/producer
Anchorage, AK
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Megan is a digital reporter and producer with a background in reporting, photography and pagination at daily and weekly newspapers in Alaska. She graduated from Central Michigan University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science in anthropology and journalism and moved to Alaska shortly thereafter. She joined Alaska's News Source in 2021
Megan has spent the last several years reporting on a wide variety of topics including local government, sports, economic drivers, art, crime and education.
(Photo Credit: Freeze Frame Photography)
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No tenants were injured but one firefighter was sent to the hospital after being injured by some glass while responding to an apartment complex fire in Fairview.
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State reports three new COVID-19-related deaths and 585 new cases over the last two days. JBER will now require masks to be worn on the installation.
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The U.S. Olympic swim team, with Lydia Jacoby swimming the breaststroke leg, finished 5th in the mixed medley relay on Friday at the Tokyo Games.
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A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that some campaign contribution limits in Alaska are unconstitutional.
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Wednesday's quake, Alaska's biggest since 1965, was a megathrust earthquake that generated a small tsunami wave but caused little damage.
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Anchorage judge upholds ballot measure that brings ranked-choice voting to Alaska. The plaintiffs plan to appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court.
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A20-foot orca whale that was stranded on the shore of Prince of Wales Island on Thursday morning has made its way back into the ocean.
Gulf of Alaska coastal communities evacuated before tsunami warning was canceled.
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A shooting in Spenard that happened earlier this month is now being investigated as a homicide after a man who was taken to the hospital died last week.
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Two residents of Kotzebue have been arrested and face a slew of assault charges for allegedly assaulting children in their care.
There were 376 new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day, and two new deaths reported Wedneday.
An Anchorage man has been indicted on one count of manslaughter in the vehicle collision death of a 23-year-old woman earlier this year.
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Alaska State Troopers said they recovered and identified the two dead people on board a plane that crashed in Chugach State Park.
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The Anchorage Assembly voted to use a facilitator to help reach an agreement with Mayor Dave Bronson's administration on a short and long-term plan to house the city's homeless population.
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Jury trials are suspended in Anchorage, Homer and Kenai, and in-person proceedings are suspended in Sitka as COVID-19 cases there rise.
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An assistant attorney general for Alaska who is being investigated for alleged racist and antisemetic Tweets is no longer working for the state.
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Hospitalizations and COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Alaska. The state also reported two additional COVID-19-related deaths of Alaska residents.
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Jeff Dowd, director of creative services for Alaska's News Source, died earlier this week.
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The City and Borough of Juneau announces the return of several COVID-19 mitigation measures as cases there continue to rise.
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A sinkhole has closed two inbound lanes of the Glenn Highway. Department of Transportation and Public Facilities crews are on the scene.
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The first lady's main message on Wednesday was encouraging Alaskans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in what she called a "last push" in the fight against the pandemic.
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Visitor who tested positive for COVID-19 was able to board planes going from Sitka to Seattle this week.
Cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations and cases of the delta variant continue to climb in Alaska.
Police will remain in the area of Jewel Lake Road while the investigation continues, but there are no road closures.
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The Alaska Air National Guard rescued two people after they had to make an emergency crash landing into the mouth of the Susitna River.
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Five regions throughout the state are now in the high alert level, including the Municipality of Anchorage.
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COVID-19 cases are spiking in Cordova and Sitka, prompting local officials to urge caution.
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A man who was seriously injured after accessing a Chugach Electric Association substation triggered the Thursday night power outage in Downtown Anchorage.
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A power outage is affecting everything from businesses to traffic lights in Downtown Anchorage.
A pedestrian was taken to the hospital following the collision and her dog was killed.
Anchorage has moved back up into the high alert level.
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A total of 10 people from the American Constellation have now tested positive for COVID-19 — four in Petersburg and six in Juneau.
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An Anchorage man has been found guilty of second-degree sexual assault stemming from a 2019 case.
Searchers continued looking throughout the week until the discovery Friday.
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The FCC says Gray TV violated a rule when it broadcast programming on a full-power translator station after acquiring assets from former Anchorage station KTVA.
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The three individuals are isolating in Petersburg.
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The state of Alaska has moved back up into the intermediate alert level when it comes to transmission of COVID-19.
Dunleavy announces his next Alaska Supreme Court appointee.
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A cab driver in Bethel was shot in the face Monday and reported his cab was stolen by the assailant.
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Mayor Dave Bronson released four directives focusing on the economy, gun rights, COVID-19 and more the day he was sworn in.
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Three regions of the state are back in the intermediate alert level, including the Municipality of Anchorage.
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A landslide has shut down traffic on the Richardson Highway after mud and debris covered the roadway near Paxson at mile marker 187 to 188.
The Municipality of Anchorage has moved back up into the intermediate alert level when it comes to transmission of the virus.
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Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget Wednesday that was forwarded to him by the Alaska Legislature.
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Ravn Alaska is working on an endeavor to offer flights to Asia and the Lower 48 by acquiring around 10 additional aircraft.
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Bag limit increased for sockeye in the Russian River, part of the Upper Kenai River.
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Musher Aliy Zirkle gave an account of the accident that forced her to scratch from her last Iditarod race this year.
Alaska currently has a seven-day average positivity rate of 1.16%.
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Health officials are working to mitigate a COVID-19 outbreak in Hooper Bay in the YK-Delta region
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Two ordinances — one requiring shelters to be licensed and another expanding where they can be — passed during Tuesday's Anchorage Assembly meeting