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.
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Education
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 5:59 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The body of a 35-year-old man that rangers were searching for has been found on Denali.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 3:03 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A 25-year-old Palmer man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Wasilla man, who was found dead in his vehicle last month.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 2:06 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A 26-year-old Wasilla man has been charged with murder in the death of a woman who was found in her vehicle last month after being reported missing in late March.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 8:52 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The tripod is officially out on the Tanana River and this year’s Nenana Ice Classic has come to a close.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 10:05 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Anchorage firefighters responded to a fire in a building of a condominium complex close to Taku Lake on Friday evening near South Anchorage. No injuries have been reported.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 3:18 PM AKDT
|By Patrick Enslow and Megan Pacer
The Anchorage Assembly postponed voting on a $6.2 million funding request for the city’s proposed homeless shelter and navigation center to May 10, but did vote to limit its capacity.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 9:21 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The Anchorage Assembly voted on Tuesday night to certify the results of the municipality’s April 5 election, and two new members joined the body for their first meeting.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 2:57 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Mail that was on its way to residents on the Kenai Peninsula was destroyed early Tuesday when a contracted United States Postal Service vehicle caught fire on the Seward Highway.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2022 at 9:47 AM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management has signed a new record of decision guiding the management of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, reverting that management to a previous plan and closing off almost half of the 23-million acre area from oil and gas development.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2022 at 4:05 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
After operating for close to six months without one, the Anchorage Public Library has a new director, according to Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 10:14 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Updated unofficial results from the recent special election in Palmer show that three members of the town’s city council are being recalled from their seats over accusations that they violated the Open Meetings Act.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 3:44 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A Fairbanks man is facing charges of murder and assault in the death of a North Pole man earlier this year, according to charging documents in the case.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 2:28 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Joey Klecka
Court documents have shed more light on the double homicide case being investigated by the Anchorage police, in which a woman and her daughter were found dead this past Friday.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 5:50 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Megan Pacer
Anchorage police said 39-year-old Jalonni Blackshear was taken into custody in New York state.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 10:11 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The polls have closed in a special election that asked whether voters would recall three Palmer City Council members over accusations they violated the Open Meetings Act, and preliminary results Tuesday night showed the “yes” votes ahead.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 5:57 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The plaintiffs who originally sued over an Anchorage Senate district map that paired parts of Eagle River with East Anchorage are asking an Anchorage Superior Court judge to reject a new amended version of that map, which they argue has the same legal issues.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 3:51 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Alaska Airlines announced Monday that wearing masks on its planes will be optional, following a federal judge voiding the requirement that masks be worn on all public transit.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 1:56 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The man arrested after a several-hour standoff at a downtown Anchorage hotel on Friday now faces a charge of terroristic threatening.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 4:01 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Police have taken a man into custody after he allegedly barricaded himself in a room of the Hotel Captain Cook and made threats with a weapon.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 7:10 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Another round of updated results for the Anchorage municipal election released Friday showed no changes to Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School Board races or bond proposition outcomes.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 9:15 PM AKDT
|By Taylor Burke and Megan Pacer
The Municipality of Anchorage held the first of two listening sessions on April 13 to gather public input on the proposed shelter and navigation center that’s part of a larger plan to address homelessness.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 2:57 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Megan Pacer
In all, 3,232 total loads of snow were cleared from the area, which just under three weeks prior sat under 80 feet of snow that measured 400 feet across on Hiland Road.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 2:57 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
It’s that time of year again — some Alaskans have until this Friday to switch out their studded tires according to state law.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 4:05 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A man has been arrested and accused of fatally stabbing another man early Monday morning at a motel in Fairbanks, police say.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2022 at 2:29 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A woman killed a 3-year-old boy before taking her own life last week in Northeast Anchorage, police say.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 9:05 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A man was fatally stabbed on Thursday in Western Alaska, and Alaska State Troopers have arrested his brother in connection with the death.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 10:05 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Longtime Alaska politician Arliss Sturgulewski, a former state senator, died on Thursday. She was 94 years old.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 7:06 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A man is in the hospital after being shot by an Alaska State Trooper in Golovin while they were investigating a report of a felony assault in the community, the agency said.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 5:44 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A person was struck and killed by a train on Wednesday along the Seward Highway near Bird Point.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 4:20 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
An Anchorage man accused of shooting at multiple police officers and injuring one during an hours-long standoff near downtown Anchorage earlier this month has been indicted on 20 felony charges, including attempted murder.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 7:56 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The state of Alaska on Wednesday reported 821 additional COVID-19 infections for the last five days, as well as six deaths of Alaska residents that are related to the virus.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 5:26 PM AKDT
|By The Associated Press and Megan Pacer
Eleven candidates have filed to fill the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young, and at least two more have indicated they would make it official before Friday’s filing deadline.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A Wasilla man was shot and killed by Alaska State Troopers on Tuesday after the man fired at them while they were responding to a report of a home invasion, the agency said.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2022 at 3:29 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Authorities found four people, two of whom were young children, dead after a residential fire in the Northwest Arctic Borough community of Selawik early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 5:11 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Connor Matteson
Efforts by the city to clear the massive avalanche that’s blocked Hiland Road in Eagle River are continuing as planned, with more than 300 loads of snow removed so far.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 9:49 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka, Tim Rockey and Megan Pacer
An avalanche blocking Hiland Road up South Fork Eagle River on Friday morning with depths of up to 80 feet cut off access for some residents behind the slide path, initially knocking out power to many.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 9:39 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The Anchorage School District has three finalists to fill the district’s top job, after Superintendent Deena Bishop announced she will retire at the end of this school year.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 6:43 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that a map of state Senate districts for Anchorage is unconstitutional and that it constitutes “political gerrymander,” and has upheld a lower court’s ruling that it must be redrawn.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 5:44 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Tim Rockey
After a severe windstorm that ripped through the Matanuska-Susitna Borough at the start of the year caused significant water damage to its facilities, the Palmer Court will begin hearing jury trials again in April.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 6:46 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Steve Kirch
The Anchorage Assembly voted Wednesday night to approve a new voting district map for the municipality, as well as set the process for how to to fill the assembly’s new 12th seat.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:46 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Joey Klecka
Anchorage police found the body of a man in a tote container in a garage in Northeast Anchorage, according to charging documents in a homicide case initially reported over the weekend.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 8:15 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Human remains were found in an Anchorage park on Tuesday, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2022 at 3:11 PM AKDT
|By Joey Klecka and Megan Pacer
Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer laid out the special election process for Alaska’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 4:18 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
The state of Alaska reported just over 350 additional COVID-19 infections on Monday for the last three days, as the overall decline in cases continues. COVID-19 hospitalizations rose slightly compared to last week.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 10:06 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Republican Congressman Don Young, Alaska’s lone representative in the U.S. House, has died. He was 88 years old.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 4:19 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer and Joey Klecka
A man who police say shot and wounded an officer while a search warrant was being served, leading to an hours-long standoff Friday morning near downtown Anchorage, has been taken into custody.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 7:38 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Charges for a student at Redington Jr/Sr High School have been referred to the Division of Juvenile Justice after reports that the student allegedly discharged a firearm outside the school, officials say.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 9:48 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
A natural gas leak at a ConocoPhillips Alaska-operated oilfield on the North Slope is ongoing after being detected more than a week ago, with both the cause and the amount of gas released still unknown.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 8:47 PM AKDT
|By Connor Matteson and Megan Pacer
The Anchorage Assembly confirmed Uluao “Junior” Aumavae as the chief equity officer Tuesday night, as its lawsuit with the Bronson administration over who has the power to fire a chief equity officer continues.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2022 at 7:50 PM AKDT
|By Megan Pacer
Alaska’s Legislative Budget and Audit Committee voted to approve sending subpoenas, if necessary, as they press on with an investigation into the abrupt firing of Angela Rodell, the former director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.
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