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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The body of a 35-year-old man that rangers were searching for has been found on Denali.
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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.
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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.
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The tripod is officially out on the Tanana River and this year’s Nenana Ice Classic has come to a close.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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After operating for close to six months without one, the Anchorage Public Library has a new director, according to Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration.
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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.
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.
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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.
Anchorage police said 39-year-old Jalonni Blackshear was taken into custody in New York state.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The man arrested after a several-hour standoff at a downtown Anchorage hotel on Friday now faces a charge of terroristic threatening.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It’s that time of year again — some Alaskans have until this Friday to switch out their studded tires according to state law.
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A man has been arrested and accused of fatally stabbing another man early Monday morning at a motel in Fairbanks, police say.
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A woman killed a 3-year-old boy before taking her own life last week in Northeast Anchorage, police say.
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A man was fatally stabbed on Thursday in Western Alaska, and Alaska State Troopers have arrested his brother in connection with the death.
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Longtime Alaska politician Arliss Sturgulewski, a former state senator, died on Thursday. She was 94 years old.
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.
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A person was struck and killed by a train on Wednesday along the Seward Highway near Bird Point.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Human remains were found in an Anchorage park on Tuesday, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
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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.
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.
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Republican Congressman Don Young, Alaska’s lone representative in the U.S. House, has died. He was 88 years old.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.